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Can I say "my finger pains" instead of "my finger hurts" ?
I have never heard of "my finger pains"....but my finger is in pain
18 de nov de 2019 15:56
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Standard American English - no.
"my finger pains" isn't correct.
(However, there are some dialects of English that do say that. And everyone would understand you. Just most people in the US would think that it sounds wrong.)
18 de novembro de 2019
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A quick Google Ngram search of British and American English for "my leg/back hurts" and "my leg/back pains me" shows that "my leg/back pains me" is specific to American English and relatively rare.
https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=my+leg+hurts%2Cmy+leg+pains+me%2Cmy+back+hurts%2Cmy+back+pains+me&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=17&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cmy%20leg%20hurts%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cmy%20leg%20pains%20me%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cmy%20back%20hurts%3B%2Cc0
18 de novembro de 2019
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"My finger pains me" is rare and a bit archaic or dialectical, but I've seen it. I've never seen "my finger pains" without a direct object. "My finger hurts" is much, much more common.
18 de novembro de 2019
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