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User_gary Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Put me an injection, jabbed me an injection

Doctor jabbed me an injection in my hand.
Doctor put me an injection in my hand.
Doctor put the needle into my hand.
Doctor jabbed the needle into my hand.

Please correct my sentences and provide me with better versions to convey the same.
  

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Greetings, Gary, User_gary Doctor jabbed me an injection in my hand. - 'jab' suggests a sudden and often violent movement, so, in most cases, you need to say The doctor gave me an injection ( into my hand), and you may well omit the phrase in parentheses without any felt damage to the sense (unless you wish to be very specific); Doctor put me an injection in my hand. - 'put' is not suitable here, you can paraphrase by saying I got an injection from the doctor; Doctor put the needle into my hand.

— Andriy Lapin

  • Greetings, Gary, User_gary Doctor jabbed me an injection in my hand.
  • - 'jab' suggests a sudden and often violent movement, so, in most cases, you need to say The doctor gave me an injection ( into my hand), and you may well omit the phrase in parentheses without any felt damage to the sense (unless you wish to be very specific); Doctor put me an injection in my hand.
  • - 'put' is not suitable here, you can paraphrase by saying I got an injection from the doctor; Doctor put the needle into my hand.
  • - again, it suggest a violent movement, so use it with caution .
  • You need to use the definite article before Doctor.
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Greetings, Gary,
User_garyDoctor jabbed me an injection in my hand. - 'jab' suggests a sudden and often violent movement, so, in most cases, you need to say The doctor gave me an injection (into my hand), and you may well omit the phrase in parentheses without any felt da
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