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Mr. Tom Posted 6 years ago
Vocabulary

Use of 'warm' and 'apply heat to'

Hi

Are these sentences natural English? I assume the use of warm in such context works only in British English.

  1. My foot had been hurting badly. It was only after I applied heat to it, the pain subsided.
  2. My foot had been hurting badly. It was only after I warmed it, the pain subsided.

Thanks,

Tom

  

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Mr. Tom My foot had been hurting badly. It was only after I applied heat to it that the pain subsided.

— GPY

  • Mr.
  • Tom My foot had been hurting badly.
  • It was only after I applied heat to it that the pain subsided.
  • My foot had been hurting badly.
  • It was only after I warmed it that the pain subsided.
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Mr. TomMy foot had been hurting badly. It was only after I applied heat to it that the pain subsided.
My foot had been hurting badly. It was only after I warmed it that the pain subsided.

As amended, the sentences are OK, though to me (BrE speaker) it seems faintly unu

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