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 Re: suffer or suffer from
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Originally Posted by blacknomi Quote: |
Originally Posted by MikeNewYork Quote: |
Originally Posted by blacknomi On the other hand, women who suffera fracture due to osteoporosis aren't any more likely to take calcium supplements than healthy women.
I think it's quite OK to replace "suffer" with "suffer from".  | It would be OK, but not usual. In medicine, one usually suffers an event, a trauma, etc., but suffers from a condition, illness, disease etc. There is some overlap. One suffers a stroke (the event) or suffers from a stroke (the aftermath). In your example, the person suffers a fracture, but suffers from osteoporosis. :wink: | I see. There is some overlap, which is very annoying for a language learner.
Dear Mike, you hit the nail on the head too. | It would not be a serious error to confuse them, in most cases.
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