Dentist
Jan 05th 2010 15:57
As I said yesterday, I went to see my dentist just now.
He give some capsules and pills to me. He said if I keep taking them, the pain will go away.
He suggested that primary I had my left upper wisdom tooth pull out. It is the left lower one that hurts, though. He said that since I had never had an adult tooth drawn, we should start with easier, upper one, which is anyway having to be pull out in the future.
He give some capsules and pills to me. He said if I keep taking them, the pain will go away.
He suggested that primary I had my left upper wisdom tooth pull out. It is the left lower one that hurts, though. He said that since I had never had an adult tooth drawn, we should start with easier, upper one, which is anyway having to be pull out in the future.
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Thank you for your corrections.
I don't know why but I mistook the past participle form of "pull".
I have some questions. I would appreciate it if you would answer them.
I doubt "I went to go see my dentist" is correct, since only a few results for the phrase are found on Google.
I also suppose that the phrase "capsules and pills" is correct. In my opinion, pills are in the form of a small pellet, and capsules are small closed tubes with medicine inside, whence they are totally different things. I intended to express that I was given two kinds of medicine. Besides, many results for the phrase are also found on Google.
Except for that point, the sentence "He gave some capsules and pills to me" does not need to be changed, I think. What I wanted to emphasize was not who he gave something was me but what he gave to me were capsules and pills. Therefore, I believe, "He gave sth to sb" suits more than "He gave sb sth" does.
Tommy,
You're right about "went to go"; I cannot imagine a context in which it would be natural to say this. "I went to see my dentist" is fine. There is a problem with "As I said yesterday...," but it can be fixed by saying "As I said I would yesterday..." The problem is that you can't have said yesterday that you JUST did something today.
The small "pellets" are called tablets. The word "pill" is used for both capsules and tablets. So Eric-san is correct in saying that "pills" is more natural than "capsules and pills." If you want to emphasize that the pills were of both types, you can say "capsules and tablets," but ordinarily you would just say "pills," or "medicine."
"A gave me B" does not emphasize "me" as much as you think it does, and it is just slightly more natural than "A gave B to me" in most cases, especially if B is a longer phrase. But both ways of saying this are correct.
Ouch, I hope you feel better!
My dentist said that I should get my wisdom teeth pulled out too.
But I don't want to T^T
Thank you, tony-san.
Now I understand.