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Tamguatlay Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary

Gave vs prescribed

The doctor gave me some medicine for my flu.

Is "gave" acceptable? Or should it be "prescribed"?

Thanks.
  

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"prescribe" is more formal and precise than "give"

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  • "prescribe" is more formal and precise than "give"
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"prescribe" is more formal and precise than "give"
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Give is not acceptable IMO. Because it's not the doctor who gives you the medicine, it's the pharmacy.
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khoshtipGive is not acceptable IMO. Because it's not the doctor who gives you the medicine, it's the pharmacy.
That's logical, but we do often say that the doctor gave us something/some medicine.
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Is "something medicine" a correct construct?
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No, 'something/some medicine' was supposed to suggest a choice between something and some medicine.
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I thought you meant to suggest the choice between something and some and since I'd know this way is not correct so I mentioned this point.
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khoshtip Is "something medicine" a correct construct?
[something / some medicine], not [something / some] medicine. In spite of how it may look.

CJ
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[something / some medicine something/some medicine], not [something / some something/some] medicine. In spite of how it may look.

Yes. After the explanation of fivejedjon I figured out that he would know the matter.
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