I have sore throat!

In correcting someone else's Notebook, I got into a light-hearted disagreement with another English speaker about the use of the verb "get/got." It's a very useful word, and native-English speakers use it for all sorts of things. It may not be The Queen's English, but it works. So there are a few places in this essay where it can be used.

Also, for some reason I don't know, we get "a cold," "a fever," but with influenza, we get "the flu."

(By the way, the first line could also have been "I've got a bad feeling" but I used "get/got" enough. I don't want to get in trouble).

I have a sore throat!

I have a bad feeling.
I have a sore throat, so I might have a cold.
After having a sore throat, I usually have fever.
Luckily, I haven't have a fever yet, but it's a matter of time.
I hope that I will not don't have a fever.

I have sore throat!

I have a sore throat!