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- word choice - Suffer vs. suffer from - English Language Usage . . .
suffer from interference from other transmitters would be correct, corresponding to example 1 1; and ommitting the ‘from’ does not correspond to any of the examples there without ‘from’, and appears strange to me
- What is the difference between suffer for and suffer from?
1 "Suffer for" introduces a reason for punishment or suffering that is typically caused by other human beings, and which people either choose to accept because of what they believe in, or are forced to endure because of their past actions (this is the sense in "suffer for my sins")
- meaning - It suffered me a lot or it made me suffer a lot? - English . . .
I understand that the second sentence (it made me suffer a lot) is correct, but could anyone please explain why? I couldn't find an explanation on the internet Many thanks
- What does “I dont suffer from insanity” mean? [closed]
I don't suffer from insanity In this case — as made clear by the enjoyment — insanity is not something to suffer; it's not a trouble The complete quote is an example of a paraprosdokian one-liner joke: the joke is that suffer normally implies a troublesome endurance; compare "I suffer from insanity"
- Phrase with similar meaning to dont suffer fools gladly lightly
0 I am looking for a phrase that is similar to "he doesn't suffer fools gladly" it is something like "he'd sooner walk through you, than around" likely UK Irish in origin I read it in an Irish paper a few years ago to describe someone who was impatient w people and didn't suffer fools lightly I cannot remember the exact phrase though
- Suffering succotash - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
I suppose it's possible the expression was used (on rare occasions) in the mid-1800s, but I'd have thought that would be largely irrelevant to it being revived coined by cartoon characters later Warner, Disney, etc , wouldn't want any of their target audience to see it as a "minced oath", since that would still be potentially offensive to some Whatever - my guess is sufferin' succotash is a
- People that rejoice in others suffering [duplicate]
I would like to know what terms can be used in English to refer to people that rejoice in other people's suffering (as opposed to empathizing with such people) What are some of the motivations that
- Suffer from a headache vs. suffer from the headache [closed]
And Ngrams shows that you used to suffer from the gout and from headache, rather than from gout and from a headache So we were inconsistent in the past, and we're differently inconsistent now
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