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  1. word choice - "Suffer" vs. "suffer from" - English Language & Usage ...

    Sep 25, 2013 · 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 …

  2. What is the difference between "suffer for" and "suffer from"?

    May 6, 2021 · 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 …

  3. conjunctions - Suffered from vs suffered - English Language & Usage ...

    Oct 26, 2013 · Suffer from, on the other hand, is generally used when referring to the continuing consequences of a negative event or experience: For the last few years of her life she suffered from …

  4. meaning - It suffered me a lot or it made me suffer a lot? - English ...

    Aug 29, 2020 · 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.

  5. What does “I don't suffer from insanity” mean? [closed]

    Sep 5, 2015 · 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 …

  6. What do I use in this instance? Suffering or suffer? [duplicate]

    Feb 11, 2019 · I enjoy watching people suffering. I enjoy watching people suffer. I feel more comfortable using the second one, but I also think that the first one is right... so which one should I use?

  7. Why do victims “sustain” injuries? - English Language & Usage Stack ...

    Jun 30, 2019 · It comes from the sense of suffer, and surely you can see how someone would suffer an injury. From Etymonline: c. 1300, "give support to," from stem of Old French sostenir "hold up, bear; …

  8. Phrase with similar meaning to "don't suffer fools gladly/lightly"

    Jul 12, 2018 · 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 …

  9. A word for "wanting everyone else to suffer the same as you"?

    Jun 15, 2020 · If the professor decided to do so solely because he wanted everyone else to "suffer" the same as he did, did he/she do it out of _____? As far as I have searched here, I did not find a …

  10. "to pine away from" - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Definition 1.1 states: Suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart Yet what does "pine away from" mean? Does it equal "to pine from" = to suffer from?