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sentence completion
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thebard
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sentence completion
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Do you have any idea?
If you eat ten hamburgers and six pizzas you will have s....... a........ . |
2 Apr 2012
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Jayho
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It seems like stomach ache is the obvious answer but without article a before it, it is actually incorrect. Perhaps the missing article is a typo? |
2 Apr 2012
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yanogator
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Actually, what you �ll have is sludgy arteries, but I �m sure that "a stomach ache" (with the article, as Jayho said) is the correct answer.
Bruce  |
2 Apr 2012
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Jayho
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LOL Bruce - I was trying to think of something funny but I couldn �t - I LOVE your version.
Aha - maybe saturated arteries - serious somethingrather? We could make a fun game out of this. |
2 Apr 2012
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cunliffe
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I �m sure to have stomach ache is correct, no article necessary. You need it for head ache, but not back ache, or tooth ache, interestingly. Can �t think of anything funny, though, but I �ll put my mind to it in the absence of a caption competition...! |
2 Apr 2012
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cunliffe
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If you eat six pizzas and ten hamburgers, you will get self-inflicted arteriosclerosis. |
2 Apr 2012
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Jayho
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Hilarious Cunliffe, and sooo true
I looked at your response re the article and I thought surely not, but then I do recall that many Brits do say that. So I googled it and found this and sure enough, it is often ok but then I found this where it actually shows how UK and US English is different with these. We downunder use an article - a stomach ache, an earache, a back ache, the flu etc. To me, it sounds strange without the article
So I learnt something new today.
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2 Apr 2012
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cunliffe
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Thanks for the links, Jayho. What do you say down under if both ears are aching at the same time??? haha |
2 Apr 2012
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Jayho
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We �d say that someone is talking too much |
2 Apr 2012
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