Suffer/suffer from

[Rollercoaster1]

Are these both sentences grammatically correct?

He suffered a heart attack.
He suffered from a heart attack.

 

[emsr2d2]

Are [STRIKE]these[/STRIKE] both these sentences grammatically correct?

He suffered a heart attack. :tick:
He suffered from a heart attack. :cross:

"Suffer from" is generally used for more long-term illnesses or diseases.

 

[probus]

"Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune ...". English has evolved since Shakespeare wrote that.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Are these both sentences grammatically correct?

He suffered a heart attack.
He suffered from a heart attack.

Both are grammatical, but they have different meanings.

The first means he painfully experienced a heart attack.

The second means that he had had a heart attack and was now painfully experiencing its after-effects.