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Peaceblinkfriend Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

' on a drip ' and ' on drip .'

0I wonder if there is any difference between 'He was on a drip for three days' and 'He was on drip for three days.'02br
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02br 00Cambridge On-line and my experience call01b 01i 00 drip02i 02b 00 countable here, but I would not be surprised if nurses considered it uncountable medication. The meanings are the same. 0-

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  • 02br 00Cambridge On-line and my experience call01b 01i 00 drip02i 02b 00 countable here, but I would not be surprised if nurses considered it uncountable medication.
  • The meanings are the same.
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00Cambridge On-line and my experience call01b01i00 drip02i02b00 countable here, but I would not be surprised if nurses considered it uncountable medication. The meanings are the same. 0-
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0So the grammatically correct of saying this should be 'He was on a dript for three days', right?02br
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00No, I would not prescribe that one only. The non-count form seems reasonable to me, too.0-
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0 I have never heard it referred to as anything by "being on a/the drip" in hospital, but "being on drip" does seem to be used elsewhere. It seems to be a truncation of "being on drip medication/treatment" as opposed to "being on an IV drip machine". 0-
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