Is it OK to replace <suffering from> with <suffering> or <suffered from>?
Is there any difference between them?
Thank you in advance.
These patients suffering from cholera died because of not receiving the proper treatment.
1 These patients suffering cholera died because of not receiving the proper treatment.
2 These patients suffered from cholera died because of not receiving the proper treatment.
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Hi, GBLSU—We say that people suffer from diseases, not that they suffer diseases. So (1) doesn't work.
Sentence (2) doesn't work, either. Although you can say that the patients suffered from cholera, you need a conjunction before the second verb phrase:
(2a) These patients [suffered from cholera] and [died because they hadn't received the proper treatment].
@David, Moderator posted:Hi, GBLSU—We say that people suffer from diseases, not that they suffer diseases. So (1) doesn't work.
Sentence (2) doesn't work, either. Although you can say that the patients suffered from cholera, you need a conjunction before the second verb phrase:
(2a) These patients [suffered from cholera] and [died because they hadn't received the proper treatment].
I see. <suffer from> can not be passive. Thanks a lot.
