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Claire Braidley Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

medicine/ medicines

I have read the sentence below on the internet. Shouldn't it be medicines instead of medicine? If not then why?
''Some medicine made her soporific.''
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Claire Braidley Shouldn't it be medicines instead of medicine? If not then why? The sentence is correct as it is.

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  • Claire Braidley Shouldn't it be medicines instead of medicine?
  • If not then why?
  • The sentence is correct as it is.
  • Here 'some' means 'a'.
  • Surprisingly, you could use 'some' with 'medicines'.
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Claire BraidleyShouldn't it be medicines instead of medicine? If not then why?
The sentence is correct as it is. Here 'some' means 'a'.
Surprisingly, you could use 'some' with 'medicines'. In this case, 'some' would mean 'a number of'.
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