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'Suffer' versus "Suffer from"

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Phrase "It's red in colour". Is it incorrect or a common usage problem? | Does it require any comma? or any other modification

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Sat Dec 09, 2006 15:01 pm 'Suffer' versus "Suffer from"

Mister Micawber wrote:

I have suffered no more insomnia since I have been taking a glass of sherry before bed.

As I was told in this forum once that we suffer something once and suffer from something slowly and gradually. May I ask why Mr. Micawber does not use suffer from?

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Sat Dec 09, 2006 15:40 pm 'Suffer' versus "Suffer from"

. Suffer 2. To experience; undergo. That's good enough for me, whether once or always. Does some BrE speaker use it differently? And what about suffer with? . _________________ Canadian-American native speaker who teaches English for a living at Mister Micawber's ESL cafe: Interview with Mister Micawber

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