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Christine Christie Posted 3 years ago
Grammar

To experiment

Does this sentence make sense?

"Tony didn't like the remedy proposed by the doctor that much, but decided to experiment it,"


  

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Christine Christie Does this sentence make sense? No. You can't use experiment that way.

  • Christine Christie Does this sentence make sense?
  • No.
  • You can't use experiment that way.
  • Also, you can't switch from a negative to a positive using the same subject.
  • If you must have the word "experiment" there, maybe "Tony didn't like the remedy proposed by the doctor that much, but he decided to try it as an experiment ,"
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Christine ChristieDoes this sentence make sense?

No. You can't use experiment that way. Also, you can't switch from a negative to a positive using the same subject. If you must have the word "experiment" there, maybe "Tony didn't like the remedy proposed by the doctor that much, but he decided to try it as an experiment,"

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Tony didn't like the remedy proposed by the doctor that much, but he decided to experiment with it.


It means that he started with the remedy, but changed it in several different ways to see if his solution would work better.

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