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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

prevent the infection

Can I say,

(a) The doctor cleaned John's wound with water. He also gave him an injection to prevent him from injection.

(b) He gave John an injection to prevent the infection.
  

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(a) The doctor cleaned John's wound with water. He also gave him an injection to prevent him from getting an in f j ection. (b) He gave John an injection to prevent the infection.

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  • (a) The doctor cleaned John's wound with water.
  • He also gave him an injection to prevent him from getting an in f j ection.
  • (b) He gave John an injection to prevent the infection.
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(a) The doctor cleaned John's wound with water. He also gave him an injection to prevent him from getting an infjection.

(b) He gave John an injection to prevent the infection.
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a) The doctor cleaned John's wound with water. He also gave him an injection to prevent infection.
(b) He gave John an injection to prevent infection.
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Can I say,

..to prevent an infection.
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yes.

I also wondered if you were thinking of 'to protect him from infection' initially?
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Infection is both countable and uncountable(mass noun)?
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Yes. You could treat it either way here.
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