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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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pass with pills
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If the pain doesn't pass with after these pills, you need to see a doctor.
If the pain doesn't pass with after these pills, you need to see a doctor.
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The three-word group "pass with after" is ungrammatical. " The problem with the original sentence is that the word "pass," in a medical context, almost always means to eliminate from the body by way of defecation. So the mind tends to automatically latch onto this standard meaning, and there can be some confusion as a result: Are the pills going to facilitate the passing from the body something that's causing you pain?
- The three-word group "pass with after" is ungrammatical.
- " The problem with the original sentence is that the word "pass," in a medical context, almost always means to eliminate from the body by way of defecation.
- So the mind tends to automatically latch onto this standard meaning, and there can be some confusion as a result: Are the pills going to facilitate the passing from the body something that's causing you pain?
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The three-word group "pass with after" is ungrammatical. "If the pain doesn't pass with these pills, you need to see a doctor." would be more or less okay, but you'd typically hear instead something like: "If the pain doesn't go away after taking these pills, you need to see a doctor."
The problem with the original sentence is that the word "pass," in a medical context, almost always
The problem with the original sentence is that the word "pass," in a medical context, almost always
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