[Grammar] fainted and faint

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kite

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Dear teachers,

"She suddenly got fainted."
"She fainted suddenly."

Is there any difference you can spot here?
 
Yes. The first one is incorrect.
 
Dear teachers,

"She suddenly got fainted."
"She fainted suddenly."

Is there any difference you can spot here?

Yes. The first is incorrect; the second is correct.
The first would be correct with "faint" instead of "fainted"
 
Oh! Really? Till now, I have been using it as #1. I felt some doubt when I just looked it up in dictionary. I searched for "fainted", but I couldn't find it. What I could find is "faint" and I doubted. It's okay. Now it's clear.
 
Suddenly, she felt faint.
Suddenly, she became faint.
Suddenly, she got faint. (This isn't entirely natural.)

Suddenly, she fainted.

The first three mean that she felt dizzy and felt as if she was about to faint. The fourth means she actually fainted (passed out).
 
I'm glad ems pointed out that the meaning is not the same. I can feel faint without fainting.
 
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