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Supercat Posted 10 years ago
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When several ways are available?
Lumbar disc herniation can be cured by medication, spontaneous recovery, and surgery.
Do you say this one when the three ways are available for the treatment?
And
Lumbar disc herniation can be cured by any of medication, spontaneous recovery, and surgery.
Is this odd and don't you need especially to say like this? Or if you want to emphasise any one of the ways is available when you cure your herniation, is this better?
Is the first more natural?
Do you say this one when the three ways are available for the treatment?
And
Lumbar disc herniation can be cured by any of medication, spontaneous recovery, and surgery.
Is this odd and don't you need especially to say like this? Or if you want to emphasise any one of the ways is available when you cure your herniation, is this better?
Is the first more natural?
Top answer
Do you say this one when the three ways are available for the treatment? Yes. Supercat Lumbar disc herniation can be cured by any of medication, spontaneous recovery, and surgery.
- Do you say this one when the three ways are available for the treatment?
- Yes.
- Supercat Lumbar disc herniation can be cured by any of medication, spontaneous recovery, and surgery.
- That "any of" is not just odd; it doesn't look right at all.
- Go with the first one.
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SupercatLumbar disc herniation can be cured by medication, spontaneous recovery, and surgery.Do you say this one when the three ways are available for the treatment?Yes.
SupercatLumbar disc herniation can be cured by any of medication, spontaneous recovery, and surgery.That "any of" is not just odd; it doesn't look right a
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Supercatwhen the three ways are available for the treatmentmedication, spontaneous recovery, or surgery
Just change 'and' to 'or'. You don't want 'any of'.
CJ
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CalifJimmedication, spontaneous recovery, or surgeryJust change 'and' to 'or'. You don't want 'any of'.CJThat's right, good catch, CJ. "And" implies that you need all three to get cured, which is unlikely. One of them is usually sufficient. Hopefully.
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Xerxesneed all three to get cured, which is unlikely.Right, but in my case it's unlikely that even all three together would cure me.
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Hmm ... "any of" seems OK to me (albeit not adding a great deal in terms of meaning). I would probably use "or" rather than "and", though.
(Cross-posted.)
(Cross-posted.)
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CalifJimRight, but in my case it's unlikely that even all three together would cure me. CJI hope it's a joke. If not, I am really sorry to hear that, CJ!
Though better you than me, I suppose.
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Xerxessorry to hear thatThanks. It's real. The spinal injections don't always work for very long, so I keep going back. I'm still hoping for the "spontaneous recovery" method to start working one of these days.
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Oh lol
Xerxes "And" implies that you need all three to get cured, which is unlikely. One of them is usua
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CalifJimThanks. It's real. The spinal injections don't always work for very long, so I keep going back. I'm still hoping for the "spontaneous recovery" method to start working one of these days. At least it's better than it was last year.CJI am really sorry to hear that. My wife's best friend had a similar problem. She mentioned having come across a book writ
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CalifJim I'm still hoping for the "spontaneous recovery" method to start working one of these days. At least it's better than it was last year.CJIf your symptom got worse and more serious, you'd naturally call an ambulance or wish to see your doctor.
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