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...ce qui me causait de grosses douleurs dans les gencives...

I thought it was "de grosses douleur" - singular - and can't think of any way of being able to hear whether it was singular or plurial. Does it have to be plural because the gums are plural? In English we could say "pain in my gums", but in French perhaps it's necessary to say "pains in my gums"? Or would "ce qui me causauit de grosse douleur dans les gencives" still be correct?

[By the way - there's a typo in the full text - "genvices" for "gencives"...]

This question relates to:French dictation exercise "Ouch: wisdom teeth!"

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Jim L. asked:

...ce qui me causait de grosses douleurs dans les gencives...

I thought it was "de grosses douleur" - singular - and can't think of any way of being able to hear whether it was singular or plurial. Does it have to be plural because the gums are plural? In English we could say "pain in my gums", but in French perhaps it's necessary to say "pains in my gums"? Or would "ce qui me causauit de grosse douleur dans les gencives" still be correct?

[By the way - there's a typo in the full text - "genvices" for "gencives"...]

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