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Eunjinny Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Cure

I need to focus on being cured.
I need to focus on cure.
I need to focus on my cure.
(when I am digonosed with a disease.)

Could you explain any difference in these sentence's meanings?
THanks...
  

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Hi, I need to focus on being cured. I need to focus on the process of making me well, and/or on the image of myself as a healthy person after the curing process is finished. I need to focus on cure.

  • Hi, I need to focus on being cured.
  • I need to focus on the process of making me well, and/or on the image of myself as a healthy person after the curing process is finished.
  • I need to focus on cure.
  • Not idiomatic, and incorrect grammar.
  • You need a determiner, eg 'my/the/a cure'.
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Hi,

I need to focus on being cured. I need to focus on the process of making me well, and/or on the image of myself as a healthy person after the curing process is finished.



I need to focus on cure. Not idiomatic, and incorrect grammar. You need a determiner, eg 'my/the/a cure'.



I need to focus on my cure. I need to focus
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Thanks, Emotion: smile

but what is the " I want to focus on a cure / the cure"? Can I say this as the same meaning as " being cured"?
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Hi,

but what is the " I want to focus on a cure / the cure"? Can I say this as the same meaning as " being cured"?





"I want to focus on the cure"

This can mean different things in different contexts.

If a patient says this, it sounds like he is thinking about being cured.

If a medical researcher says this, it sounds like he is
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"race for the cure" is an organization that holds fund-raising events (foot races and fun runs) for research into cures for breast cancer. It is also a social community for women and men who have suffered in some way from the disease.

They focus on cures for breast cancer.
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I'd like to add that it would be more natural to say "I need to focus on getting well" than "on being cured."
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His cure of me was successful.
His discrimnation of me was discouraging.

Could you comment on the sentences I made?
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Hi,

His cure of me was successful.



His discrimnation of me was discouraging.




Could you comment on the sentences I made? I wouldn't say either of these is incorrect grammar, but they are not something a native speaker is likely to say.



Changing as little possible, I suggest

His cure for me was successful.

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