fall down ______ anemia

[Daruma]

Hello.

She fell down ______ anemia in a crowded train.

What do you put in the blank to complete this sentence? Can I put "for" there?

Thank you.

[Tdol]

I'd use due to/from

[Daruma]

Does "for" make the sentence awkward?

[Raymott]

Does "for" make the sentence awkward?

No, it makes it nonsense. You can't use "for" here, even awkwardly.

[Daruma]

- fall down from anemia
- collapse from anemia

These two sounds good, and they mean the same thing, don't they?

[Raymott]

- fall down from anemia
- collapse from anemia

These two sounds good, and they mean the same thing, don't they?

Yes, they sound alright, and mean the same.

[wmuench]

She fell down ______ anemia in a crowded train.

Any way you slice it, this seems like an awkward sentence.
‘due to’, ‘from’, ‘because of’, or anything else I can think of makes it ambiguous. It could sound like the crowded train has the anemia. (though we know this couldn’t happen unless she tripped over a lot of anemic people!)

What about 'stricken with'?