8

For example, which of the following sentences is correct:

  1. My eyes are paining.
  2. There is a pain in my eyes.
1
  • 4
    If you are looking for a verb, you might wish to use "hurt" instead. "My eyes are hurting."
    – RegDwigнt
    Commented Sep 24, 2010 at 10:02

1 Answer 1

14

Sentence 2 is correct: "there is a pain in my eyes".

Pain can be a noun or verb, for example:

The pain is terrible = noun

It pains me to see you this way = verb

For more details please see:

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pain

4
  • If the pain is both Noun an Verb both the sentence should be correct?
    – Amitabh
    Commented Sep 24, 2010 at 10:02
  • 3
    Yup, Pain is a transitive verb. Commented Sep 24, 2010 at 11:15
  • It is paining me to see you like this ;)
    – mplungjan
    Commented Jun 29, 2011 at 9:40
  • @Amitabh The intransitive use of "to pain" - "My eyes are paining" - is not used in current English.
    – Greybeard
    Commented Apr 15, 2020 at 15:10

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .