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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

"Are you currently taking medicine you should not be taken with?"

"Are you currently taking medicine you should not be taken with?"

I have seen it on a T-shirt and I do not know what it means because of you should not be taken with. Is it grammatically correct? And if so, what do you think it means?

Thank you so much in advance.
  

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" Clever pun. It is grammatical. Doctors warn people not to take medicines that counteract each other or those which, if taken together, cause negative side effects.

— AlpheccaStars

  • " Clever pun.
  • It is grammatical.
  • Doctors warn people not to take medicines that counteract each other or those which, if taken together, cause negative side effects.
  • ) Should I take you with all your "baggage"?
  • I would assume that the "medicine" refers to drugs, tobacco, or alcohol.
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Hans51"Are you currently taking medicine you should not be taken with?"
Clever pun. It is grammatical.

Doctors warn people not to take medicines that counteract each other or those which, if taken together, cause negative side effects.

The T-Shirt is warning the wearer not to make friends with someone who is on some sort of substance that a
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I am sorry and should it not be "Are you currently taking any medicine that should not be taken with?" Or both are okay to use? I think the latter one is correct but the first one is somewhat weird and sounds wrong to me. I am sorry about making you confused now.
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Hans51I am sorry and should it not be "Are you currently taking any medicine that should not be taken with?" Or both are okay to use? I think the latter one is correct but the first one is somewhat weird and sounds wrong to me. I am sorry about making you confused now.
"Are you currently taking medicine you should
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AlpheccaStarsAre you currently taking medicine you should not be taken with?" This one is correct.
"You" is the object of the preposition "with."If you omit "you", then it becomes grammatically incorrect, because the preposition requires an object.
I agree that the sentence is grammatically correct but I still think that medicine
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Hans51I still think that medicine is the antecedent which means the medicine is the object of the preposition with and you is just the subject of the second clause.
You are correct. 'You' is not the object of the preposition 'with'.
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