A pain, a fear, tension, stress...

[Rachel Adams]

Does "a fear", "sometimes pain" without "a" before "pain" "at that moment" and listing feelings sound idiomatic?

For context: I am talking about what I used to experience when talking in front of people.

I always had a fear when I had to give a presentation. At that moment, my hands were sweating. My body reacted to this feeling (fear) in different ways, for example, tension, stress and sometimes pain in the body/stomach.

 

[Barque]

I always had a fear when I had to give a presentation. At that moment, my hands were sweating. My body reacted to this feeling (fear) in different ways, for example, tension, stress and sometimes pain in the body/stomach.

I was always very nervous always had a fear when I had to give a presentation. At that moment, mMy hands would sweatwere sweating and I would feel tense and stressed, and sometimes I would feel stomach pain. My body reacted to this feeling (fear) in different ways, for example, tension, stress and sometimes pain in the body/stomach.

This feeling is sometimes called stage fright.

Edited to add: The reason you don't need "at that moment" is because it's implied by the flow of the passage.

 

[Rachel Adams]

I was always very nervous always had a fear when I had to give a presentation. At that moment, mMy hands would sweatwere sweating and I would feel tense and stressed, and sometimes I would feel stomach pain. My body reacted to this feeling (fear) in different ways, for example, tension, stress and sometimes pain in the body/stomach.

This feeling is sometimes called stage fright.

Edited to add: The reason you don't need "at that moment" is because it's implied by the flow of the passage.

Why is it wrong to use "were sweating"?

 

[Barque]

You're talking about what regularly happened when you had to make a presentation. Using "were sweating" makes it sound as if you're referring to a specific occasion.

 

[emsr2d2]

An alternative is "My hands used to sweat ...". Both "would + bare infinitive" and "used to + bare infinitive" indicate past habitualness/regularity.

 

[Rachel Adams]

An alternative is "My hands used to sweat ...". Both "would + bare infinitive" and "used to + bare infinitive" indicate past habitualness/regularity.

Could you tell me what's the limit of questions on this forum "Editing and Writing Topics". Can I ask two more questions?

 

[emsr2d2]

Could you tell me what's the limit of questions on this forum "Editing and Writing Topics". Can I ask two more questions?

As long as they're based on the paragraph you wrote in post #1, of course you can. Or are you asking if you can start two more threads?

 

[Rachel Adams]

As long as they're based on the paragraph you wrote in post #1, of course you can. Or are you asking if you can start two more threads?

I mean two more new threads. Because there are mostly bmy posts on the first page of Editing and Writing Topics.

 

[5jj]

bmy

What's that?

 

[Barque]

I suspect a typo for "my".

 

[Rachel Adams]

I suspect a typo for "my".

Yes, sorry.

 

[Rachel Adams]

What's that?

Can you tell me how many questions are allowed? I opened the first page and there are my questions mostly, including previously asked ones. I mean on Editing and Writing Topics.

 

[emsr2d2]

In general, we discourage members from flooding any particularly sub-forum with their own questions. Maybe give it a couple of days and then post one new thread.