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Vincent Teo Posted 18 years ago
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take temperature

Can I say,

(a) The nurse is very kind-hearted. She helps to take temperature of patients.

(b) She helps patients to take (patients') temperature. Sometimes, she even looks after

patients in the wards.
  

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Use these: (a) The nurse is very kind-hearted. She takes the temperature of patients. (b) She takes (patients') temperatures .

  • Use these: (a) The nurse is very kind-hearted.
  • She takes the temperature of patients.
  • (b) She takes (patients') temperatures .
  • Also , she looks after patients in the wards.
  • Taking temperatures and otherwise caring for patients is the normal work of nurses, Vincent; they do not 'help' in these tasks.
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Use these:


(a) The nurse is very kind-hearted. She takes the temperature of patients.

(b) She takes (patients') temperatures. Also, she looks after patients in the wards.

Taking temperatures and otherwise caring for patients is the normal work of nurses, Vincent; they do not 'help' in these tasks.

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