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Mr. Tom Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Verb with cough

Hi

Could you please tell me the most natural verb with the cough that is abating? How do you find these verbs? Any other suggestions please?

  1. I had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's abating now.
  2. I had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's going away now.
  3. I had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's dying now.

Thanks,

Tom


  

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Mr. Tom I had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's abating now. Formal.

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  • Tom I had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's abating now.
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  • Tom I had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's going away now.
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Mr. TomI had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's abating now.

Formal.

Mr. TomI had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's going away now.

A very common expression

Mr. TomI had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's dying now.

Nope.

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Mr. TomI had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's abating now.I had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's going away now.I had a bad cough for about a week, but now it's dying now.

Those don't work for me at all! They each have two "now"s, and I would have expected the present perfect instead of the past simple. Also, I would use, for example, "g

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