With "a"? It´s ok? I have a backache. I have a back pain. It´s ok?- She has a tooth pain. I have toothache. I don´t understand why I have toothache is without "a".

Recherche parmi différents professeurs en Anglais…

Vanessa García

With "a"? It´s ok? I have a backache. I have a back pain. It´s ok?- She has a tooth pain. I have toothache. I don´t understand why I have toothache is without "a".

19 janv. 2013 17:16

Réponses · 2

"I have a backache." This is correct. It is similar to, "I have a headache." "I have a back pain." This is not standard English. We would say, "I have (a) pain in my back." This means that right now I have (a) pain in my back. "I have back pain." This means that I often or chronically have pain in my back.

19 janvier 2013

Vous n'avez pas encore trouvé vos réponses ?

Écrivez vos questions et profitez de l'aide des locuteurs natifs !