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We would like to give me the best medication for him to get cured from fever.We would like to give me the best medication for him to get cured from his fever.We would like to give me the best medication for him to cured offever.We would like to give me the best medication for him to cured of his feverYou have to help him to get cured from fever.You have to help him to get cured from his fever.You have to help him to cured of fever.You have to help to cured of his fever.I have writted two sets of sentences, could you please let me know which one of them is correct and whether to use Cured of or Cured from.Thanks

KrisBlueNZ · Accepted Answer

"... cured of ..." is normal.
"... cured from ..." is not normal; I would say it's wrong.

I would use "... cured of his fever" instead of "... cured of fever".

1. "We would like to give me the best medication for him to get cured from fever."
2. "We would like to give me the best medication for him to get cured from his fever."
3. "We would like to give me the best medication for him to cured of fever."
4. "We would like to give me the best medication for him to cured of his fever."

There are problems with all the highlighted sections.
It doesn't make sense to say "We would like to give me ...". Perhaps you mean "We would like you to give me ..."
You can't say "... medication for him to cured ..." or "... medication for him to get cured ...".
Perhaps you meant to say "We would like you to give me the best medication to cure him of his fever" or "... medication to cure his fever".

5. "You have to help him to get cured from fever." - probably grammatically correct but very clumsy.
6. "You have to help him to get cured from his fever." - ditto.
7. "You have to help him to cured of fever." - meaningless; you can't say ".. help him to cured of ..." (you need a verb after to).
8. "You have to help to cured of his fever." - ditto.

"You have to [help to] cure his fever."
I would omit help to above.

Wonder123 · Answer

KrisBlueNZ5. "You have to help him to get cured from fever." - probably grammatically correct but very clumsy.

KrisBlueNZ"... cured from ..." is not normal; I would say it's wrong.

You said in the above that cured from is not normal but you have approved the same in the above sentence, not sure please guide me.

I have re-written the sentences based on your advise, please review them and give me your suggestions.

1. We would like to you to give him the best medication to cure him of his fever
2. We would like to you to give him the best medication to cure his fever

5. You have to help him to get cured from fever -> If he want to get cured of his fever you have to help him
6. You have to help him to get cured from his fever -> You have to help him if you want him to get cured of his fever.
7. You have to help him to cured of fever -> Your medical help is needed in order to cure his fever.

Thanks,

KrisBlueNZ · Answer

I would not say "... cured from ..." but it's probably not grammatically incorrect, i.e. it doesn't violate any rules of grammar; it's just the wrong word to use.

1. "We would like to you to give him the best medication to cure him of his fever."
2. "We would like to you to give him the best medication to cure his fever."
These are both good. "... him of ..." is not needed, but both sentences are fine.

5. "If he ~~want~~ wants to ~~get~~ be cured of his fever, (comma here) you have to help him." OK.
6. "You have to help him if you want him to ~~get~~ be cured of his fever." OK.
7. "Your medical help is needed [in order] to cure his fever." OK. I would omit in order - it's unnecessary.

"... get cured ..." is also not idiomatic. A person can be cured of an illness, and an illness can be cured, but get is not used with cured. It's a similar case with similar words like fixed and repaired. For example: "The TV cannot be fixed/repaired"; "The TV will be fixed/repaired tomorrow"; "The TV has been fixed/repaired"; "The TV is fixed".

You would use get ... fixed in the case of an instruction: "Call the repairman tomorrow and get the TV fixed!"
... and you could similarly say "Buy some decongestant and get that runny nose cured" but I would not use get ... cured in any other situation.

I hope that's clear enough.

Wonder123 · Answer

Thanks a lot for your help, Kris

Wonder123 · Answer

KrisBlueNZ1. "We would like to you to give him the best medication to cure him of his fever."

2. "We would like to you to give him the best medication to cure his fever."

Do we need to remove to from the sentences?

1. "We would like you to give him the best medication to cure him of his fever."
2. "We would like you to give him the best medication to cure his fever."

KrisBlueNZ · Answer

No, you need to in those sentences. Both of them.

The first to: "I/we/he/they would like you to take some action" and "I want to do something" are standard.

The second to:

Your sentence is: "We would like you to give him the best medication to cure [him of] his fever."

This means that you want the doctor to use the medication that will cure his fever in the best way - in the quickest or most effective way. The purpose of the medication is "to cure his fever", and you're asking for the medication that is best for that purpose. For example: "This is the right (or best) tool to do that job".

You could rephrase that to "This is the right (or best) tool for that job", and similarly you could rephrase your sentence to:

1. "We would like you to give him the best medication for curing fever", or
2. "We would like you to give him the best fever medication", or
3. "We would like you to give him the medication that is (or will be) best for curing his fever", or perhaps
4. "We would like you to give him the medication that will cure [him of] his fever in the shortest time."

All of the above sentences except (2), and your examples, sound slightly clumsy. Your sentence is probably the best, because it's the most direct.

Your original sentence could possibly be misinterpreted as simply asking for simply "the best medication", rather than the medication that is best for curing fever specifically, with "to cure [him of] his fever" added as a separate part of the sentence. My suggestions 1~3 above cannot be misinterpreted in that way. But I don't think anyone would misinterpret your sentence in that way, because that interpretation would be a bit silly. I hope that doesn't confuse you! If so, ignore this paragraph!

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