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Onizo Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

You have a sneeze.

You are sneezing. Or coughing. Are the following sentences describing the situation correctly?
1. You have a sneeze/a cough.
2. You've got a sneeze/a cough.
Or should it be pluralized -Sneezes/coughs?
  

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Neither is right. You're sneezing/coughing. 'You've got a cough' is correct when it is an ongoing illness rather than a simple action or series of actions.

  • Neither is right.
  • You're sneezing/coughing.
  • 'You've got a cough' is correct when it is an ongoing illness rather than a simple action or series of actions.
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Neither is right.

You're sneezing/coughing.

'You've got a cough' is correct when it is an ongoing illness rather than a simple action or series of actions.

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