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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Use of surgery

Which one is correct, are both sentences possible?

She has had many plastic surgeries.
She has done many plastic surgeries.
  

Top answer

She has had many plastic surgeries. Fine. Sounds like she is a patient.

— Clive

  • She has had many plastic surgeries.
  • Fine.
  • Sounds like she is a patient.
  • She has done many plastic surgeries.
  • Fine.
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She has had many plastic surgeries. Fine. Sounds like she is a patient.

She has done many plastic surgeries. Fine. Sounds like she is a surgeon.

Clive
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CliveShe has had many plastic surgeries. Fine. Sounds like she is a patient.She has done many plastic surgeries. Fine. Sounds like she is a surgeon.Clive
Thanks. I intended to convey the message in the first sentence. I guess the second does not work!

How about: she has done many plastic surgeries on her body. It still sounds that she did the surgery
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CliveRight.
ENGLISH is one complicated language.Emotion: smile

How about this one please: she has h
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How about this one please: she has had many surgeries done on her body. Is she the surgeon or patient here?
The patient.
'on her body' is redundant here, and 'done' can be omitted.

And is there any other possible sentence with 'done' showing that she is the patient?
eg She h
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Clive'on her body' is redundant here, and 'done' can be omitted.
I see. is it redundant because the sentence says 'many surgeries', which includes on her body maybe?
Also is 'done' optional because 'has had' conveys the same thing?
Cliveeg She has had a lot of plastic surgery done.
Can 'done' be omitted as well here, jus
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Yes, to all 3 questions.
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