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Bookmark or Share- "Suffer from a headache" vs. "suffer from the headache" [closed]I am not sure which article to use in the following context: She has been suffering from a headache. She has been suffering from the headache. Please clear up my doubt.
- What is the difference between "suffer for" and "suffer from"?Suffer for The OED has examples of this under meaning "3 a. To undergo or submit to pain, punishment, or death." Examples it gives include "Every Man is obliged to suffer for what is right, as to oppose what is Unjust." "It was a hard thing to suffer for an opinion; but there are times when opinions are as dangerous as acts."
- "Lunch" vs. "dinner" vs. "supper" — times and meanings?@Mitch: As an American, I'd mostly agree with Matthias that "lunch" refers to a noon-time meal and "supper" to an evening meal regardless of size, while "dinner" specifically refers to a larger or more formal meal.
- What is natural way of saying I am/was suffering from fever?For some reason, if I hear "I have fever" or "I am suffering from fever" without "a" preceding it, I tend to think it is a disease, like Dengue Fever or Yellow Fever, rather than just an elevated body temperature, which is more likely a symptom of an infection or virus.
- What does “I don't suffer from insanity” mean? [closed]We suffer pain of body; we suffer grief of mind. The criminal suffers punishment; the sinner suffers the pangs of conscience in this life, and is condemned to suffer the wrath of an offended God. We often suffer wrong; we suffer abuse; we suffer injustice. The idea is that your insanity is affecting your mind or judgement like a Disease: As a noun:
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