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faint/swooning #1 (permalink) Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:15 am   faint/swooning
 

For "I felt faint with hunger.", can I say:
"I felt swooning with hunger."?
OR
"I swooned with hunger."?
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faint/swooning #2 (permalink) Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:19 am   faint/swooning
 

You can say 'I swooned with hunger', but you cannot say 'I felt swooning'.
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faint/swooning #3 (permalink) Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:54 pm   faint/swooning
 

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Can I say: "I fainted with hunger."?
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faint/swooning #4 (permalink) Wed Feb 15, 2012 17:29 pm   faint/swooning
 

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