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In medical usage suffer with is sometimes employed with reference to the pain or discomfort caused by a condition, while suffer from is used ... Home Forums What'snew Members Login Register What'snew Search Newposts Searchforums Help Rules Menu Login Register Installtheapp Install Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher Youareusinganoutofdatebrowser.Itmaynotdisplaythisorotherwebsitescorrectly.Youshouldupgradeoruseanalternativebrowser. 'suffer'Vs'sufferfrom' Threadstarter Carmen216 Startdate May4,2008 Status Notopenforfurtherreplies. C Carmen216 Newmember Joined May2,2008 MemberType StudentorLearner whatarethedifferenceonusagesbetween'suffer'and'sufferfrom'? AccordingtotheCambridgeAdvancedLearner’sDictionary,‘suffer’meanstoexperiencephysicalormentalpain. (i)Mary’spelvissufferedsomedamagefrommyfirstbaby1yearago. (ii)She'sbeensufferingfromcancerfortwoyears. aren'tthatboth(i)and(ii)talkingaboutphysicalpain?thenwhydo(i)use'suffered'and(ii)use'sufferingfrom'? iamsoconfused. thanksforanswering.;-)   Sortbydate Sortbyvotes banderas KeyMember Joined Mar20,2008 MemberType Academic NativeLanguage Polish HomeCountry Poland CurrentLocation UK Carmen216said: whatarethedifferenceonusagesbetween'suffer'and'sufferfrom'? AccordingtotheCambridgeAdvancedLearner’sDictionary,‘suffer’meanstoexperiencephysicalormentalpain. (i)Mary’spelvissufferedsomedamagefrommyfirstbaby1yearago. (ii)She'sbeensufferingfromcancerfortwoyears. aren'tthatboth(i)and(ii)talkingaboutphysicalpain?thenwhydo(i)use'suffered'and(ii)use'sufferingfrom'? iamsoconfused. thanksforanswering.;-) Clicktoexpand... Therearesubtledifferences,sometimesinvisibleformany. sufferfromiscontinous(oversomeperiodoftime)andmeanssufferbecauseofsomething suffersomethingmeansundergoinreferencetocertainmomentsintime,=sufferit Isufferfromaflu. Isufferaheartattack. Canyouseethisslightdifference?   Upvote 0 Downvote C Carmen216 Newmember Joined May2,2008 MemberType StudentorLearner isthatmean'suffer'isfor'instantmatter'? butthedurationofphysicalormentalpainislongerfor'sufferfrom'? thanks!   Upvote 0 Downvote banderas KeyMember Joined Mar20,2008 MemberType Academic NativeLanguage Polish HomeCountry Poland CurrentLocation UK Carmen216said: Does(is)itmeanthat'suffer'isfor'instantmatter'? butthedurationofphysicalormentalpainislongerfor'sufferfrom'? Yes,asinyouroriginexamples.:up: thanks! Clicktoexpand... d   Upvote 0 Downvote R rj1948 SeniorMember Joined May2,2008 MemberType Academic NativeLanguage Tamil HomeCountry India CurrentLocation India Suffer-lossofmoney,wealthorhealth.Sufferfrom-sufferfromdiseases   Upvote 0 Downvote C Carmen216 Newmember Joined May2,2008 MemberType StudentorLearner thankssomuch!   Upvote 0 Downvote banderas KeyMember Joined Mar20,2008 MemberType Academic NativeLanguage Polish HomeCountry Poland CurrentLocation UK rj1948said: Suffer-lossofmoney,wealthorhealth.Sufferfrom-sufferfromdiseases Clicktoexpand... Youcansufferadiseaseand youcansufferfromadisease. Heclaimedtosufferaheartattackinthemiddleofthemeetingandwastakentoalocalhospital. InBritainoneintenmenundertheageofretirementwillsufferaheartattack. Sufferalossofmoney=experiencealossofmoney.   Upvote 0 Downvote BobK Harmlessdrudge Staffmember Joined Jul29,2006 MemberType EnglishTeacher NativeLanguage English HomeCountry UK CurrentLocation UK :up:Also,youcansufferfromsomething[haveanillness]thatdoesn'tmakeyousuffer:'Shesufferedfromlungcancerforfortyyears,butdidn'tsufferuntilthelastfewweeks.' b   Upvote 0 Downvote V vil KeyMember Joined Sep13,2007 MemberType StudentorLearner NativeLanguage Bulgarian HomeCountry Bulgaria CurrentLocation Bulgaria HiCarmen216, InadditiontoBanderas’wordsIsubjoinsomethingelse. sufferfromheadaches=oftenhaveheadaches. Tosufferacutely. Tosufferinsilence. Tosufferfromheadaches. Tosufferfromrheumatism. Suffereingfromlossofmemory. Tosufferlosses. Tosufferheavydemage. Tosufferashipwreck. Tosufferdeath. Tosuffersomebodytodosomething. Tosuffersomething. Hecouldnotsuffercriticism. Tosufferapunishment. Thechildsufferedforhisimpudence. Tosufferforhiscarelessness. Youwillsufferonedayforyourinsolence. Howcanyousuffersuchinsolence? Ingeneralusagethepreferredprepositionaftersufferisfrom,ratherthanwith,inconstructionssuchasHesufferedfromhypertension.Ninety-fourpercentoftheUsagePanelfoundsufferedwithunacceptableintheprecedingexample.Inmedicalusagesufferwithissometimesemployedwithreferencetothepainordiscomfortcausedbyacondition,whilesufferfromisusedmorebroadlyinreferencetoacondition,suchasanemia,thatisdetrimentalbutnotnecessarilypainful. suffer:Definition,SynonymsandMuchMorefromAnswers.com Isufferfromhigh-tonedeafness,"hesays. Long-sightedchildrenareoftenreluctanttodomuchreadingandwritingandmayalsosufferfromheadaches. Ifyouhaveabackproblem,ifyourpartnerisheavierthanyouorifyousufferfrombackpain--;contactOBASnow. Therefore,ifyousufferfromaseriousmedicalconditionordisability,wesuggestyoucontactoneofthespecialistagenciesforadviceonthesuitabilityofyourhotelandtheresortareagenerally. Infact,75percentofmenopausalwomensufferfromflushesandtheyconstitutethecommonestreasonforwomenturningtoHRT. Therepresentationalaspectsofthefivetheoriesdifferwidely,butallsufferfromthesameproblemsofknowledgeacquisitionandinefficiencywhenimplementationsareattempted. Furthermore,systemsbasedonsemanticprimitivesalsosufferfromtheusualacquisitionproblem. Regards. V.   Upvote 0 Downvote Status Notopenforfurtherreplies. Share: Facebook Twitter Reddit Pinterest Tumblr WhatsApp Email Share Link Forums LearningEnglish AskaTeacher ThisforumisdesignedsothatlearnerscanaskquestionstoteachersabouttheEnglishlanguage. PostTitles Threadtitlesshouldincludeallorpartoftheword/phrasebeingdiscussed.(Avoidphraseslike"HELP!","Urgent!","translationplease","howdoIsaythis","I'mnew"andsimilarexpressions.) 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