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Newguest Posted 18 years ago
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hurt

Hi

Is it OK to say: I have a spine curvature and my spine hurts me sometimes.

--- is it alright to say: hurt? what about: pain or ache?

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They're all ok to use.
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Hi

It means that I can say: I feel pain in my spine sometimes OR It aches me sometimes?

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Hurt is most common (My spine hurts, my leg hurts)
Ache is OK too to describe a dull, throbbing, continuous kind of hurting (my head aches; my tooth aches, my muscles ache) Don't use "me" after ache.
Pain is a very old fashioned synonym (as a verb) for hurt. It is not used anymore in standard English (US), except to express mental stress. It is used colloquially a lot in India, Africa,
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