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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Vocabulary
The difference between Ill and sick
In British English, ill means unwell. Ill is most common in predicative position.
She couldn’t come because she was ill.
Before a noun, many British people prefer to use sick.
She spent years looking after her sick husband.
Be sick can mean ‘vomit’.
I feel sick. Where is the bathroom?
She couldn’t come because she was ill.
Before a noun, many British people prefer to use sick.
She spent years looking after her sick husband.
Be sick can mean ‘vomit’.
I feel sick. Where is the bathroom?
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:) I thought there was no difference between them!
- :) I thought there was no difference between them!
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An aside: Turkish-speaking users here will chuckle to learn that I used "ill" exclusively while teaching English to young teens in Turkey. [sick sounds just like a "bad" word in Turkish .]
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Lol. Philip you are right, when I use that word people look at my face very strangely but I found a solution. I pronunce it wrong.
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AnonymousBe sick can mean ‘vomit’.To clarify, for BrE:
I feel sick. Where is the bathroom?
1. I am sick = I am ill, I am unwell.
2. I am being sick = I am vomiting.
3. I was sick = either I was ill or I vomited.
4. I feel sick = I feel as if I'm about to vomit (and may well do so).
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Is it also true in BrE that "sick" can be used as a noun, as in "Careful -- don't step in the sick"?
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Yes indeed, e.g. "The troubled pop princess, who spent a month in rehab earlier this year, was then carried out of the bar sobbing and covered in sick".
MrP
MrP
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You're welcome, A/man! But don't forget: it's "this information".
All the best,
MrP
All the best,
MrP
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AmazighmanAs MrP says, it should be this information. ("Information" is an uncountable noun.)many Thanks for these information
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No...It's a countable noun, but it's singular
So we must say : This information
Whereas in plural we say : These informations
Best regards
So we must say : This information
Whereas in plural we say : These informations
Best regards
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