http://www.englishforums.com/English/EslGeneralEnglishGrammar-Questions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here. <font color=red>DO NOT post paragraphs and compositions here. Post them in our <a href="http://www.englishforums.com/English/EssayReportCompositionWriting/Forum9.htm"><b>Essay, Report and Composition Writing Forum</b></a>.</font>enXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectGrammarPleaseCheck/jchpx/post.htm#764073Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:13:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:764073Mr Wordy0http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectGrammarPleaseCheck/jchpx/post.htm#764073http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-764073.xmlIt&#39;s OK, but &quot;this&quot; in the sense you probably intend it is casual conversational usage. Except in casual writing, it would be better to say &quot;got an annoying headache&quot;. It is possible, but not very likely, that &quot;this&quot; could be used in this sentence in a formally grammatically correct way -- to refer to a headache that had been previously mentioned, for example.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectGrammarPleaseCheck/jchpx/post.htmWed, 03 Jun 2009 16:11:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:763807Anonymous1http://www.englishforums.com/English/CorrectGrammarPleaseCheck/jchpx/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-763807.xmlJanice was drenched in rain earlier and got this annoying headache...