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Rotter Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Operate and operate on
If you get suddenly sick goes to hospital, sometimes surgery is necessary to solve your ailement.
1. A doctor has to operate the stomach to remove ...
Let us say you have an injury in the arm or in the leg.
Doctor might say a surgery is the solution.
2. A doctor operated his arm/leg. Not correct.
3. A doctor operated on his arm/leg. This is correct.
Why the second sentence is incorrect?
1. A doctor has to operate the stomach to remove ...
Let us say you have an injury in the arm or in the leg.
Doctor might say a surgery is the solution.
2. A doctor operated his arm/leg. Not correct.
3. A doctor operated on his arm/leg. This is correct.
Why the second sentence is incorrect?
Top answer
Hi, If you get suddenly sick goes to hospital, sometimes surgery is necessary to solve your ailement. 1. A doctor has to operate the stomach to remove ...
- Hi, If you get suddenly sick goes to hospital, sometimes surgery is necessary to solve your ailement.
- 1.
- A doctor has to operate the stomach to remove ...
- Let us say you have an injury in the arm or in the leg.
- Doctor might say a surgery is the solution.
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Hi,
If you get suddenly sick goes to hospital, sometimes surgery is necessary to solve your ailement.
1. A doctor has to operate the stomach to remove ...
Let us say you have an injury in the arm or in the leg.
Doctor might say a surgery is the solution.
2. A doctor operated his arm/leg. Not correct.
3. A doctor operated on his arm/leg. This
If you get suddenly sick goes to hospital, sometimes surgery is necessary to solve your ailement.
1. A doctor has to operate the stomach to remove ...
Let us say you have an injury in the arm or in the leg.
Doctor might say a surgery is the solution.
2. A doctor operated his arm/leg. Not correct.
3. A doctor operated on his arm/leg. This
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When a doctor operates, he performs an operation. These have the same meaning.
You wouldn't say *A doctor performed an operation his arm, would you?
On the other hand, when you operate a machine, you make the machine operate; you make the machine perform an operation.
Clearly the
You wouldn't say *A doctor performed an operation his arm, would you?
On the other hand, when you operate a machine, you make the machine operate; you make the machine perform an operation.
Clearly the
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I thank both Clive and Califjim.
I know you all for a several years.
In my book both of you are very clever at English grammar.
Let us assume the patient in question was shot and wounded in the stomach.
1. A doctor has to operate the stomach to remove bullets.
6. A doctor has to operate on the stomach to remove bullets.
What is wrong with th
I know you all for a several years.
In my book both of you are very clever at English grammar.
Let us assume the patient in question was shot and wounded in the stomach.
1. A doctor has to operate the stomach to remove bullets.
6. A doctor has to operate on the stomach to remove bullets.
What is wrong with th
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The surgeon operated the scalpel on his arm.
The surgeon operated on his arm with the scalpel.
The surgeon operated on his arm using scalpels.
I think both of the above are incorrect. Because surgeons don't use razor blades or a knife to cut patients.
I have some difficulty in understanding Clive's sentence. Is
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I think things are getting confused because nobody corrected the fisrst sentence in the original post.
1. A doctor has to operate the stomach to remove ...
1. A doctor has to operate the stomach to remove ...
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Rotter1. A doctor has to operate the stomach to remove bullets.Not correct.
Rotter6. A doctor has to operate on the stomach to remove bullets.Nothing is wrong.
What is wrong with the 6th sentence?
khoff has an excellent point. We didn't say that operate the stomach is wrong.
CJ
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khoff
When the verb 'operate' is intransitive, I think the following should be fine.
A doctor has to operate to remove the bullets.
When the verb 'operate' is intransitive, I think the following should be fine.
A doctor has to operate to remove the bullets.
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RotterA doctor has to operate to remove the bullets.Yes, that's fine.
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I agree -- that's why I said
(more likely)
A doctor has to operate to remove the foreign object/bullets/whatever from the stomach.
(more likely)
A doctor has to operate to remove the foreign object/bullets/whatever from the stomach.
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Hi,
What I said was
The idea is
The surgeon operated the scalpel on his arm.
I didn't mean that that is a good or normal thing to say.
I didn't mean to confuse you. I just wanted to give you the general idea.
When we say 'the doctor operated on his arm', we mean that the doctor used a scalpel on his arm.
What I said was
The idea is
The surgeon operated the scalpel on his arm.
I didn't mean that that is a good or normal thing to say.
I didn't mean to confuse you. I just wanted to give you the general idea.
When we say 'the doctor operated on his arm', we mean that the doctor used a scalpel on his arm.
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