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Medicine vs. Medication - English Language Usage Stack Exchange Medications is the proper term for substances used for medical treatment, esp pharmaceuticals People can self-medicate (and they do all the time) They don't self-medicine Medications includes vitamins and other supplements people take for health reasons The verb medicate (to treat medicinally) is from 1620s Health professionals usually refer to these as meds Medicine, though used by lay
meaning - I’ve just arrived vs. I just arrived: Are they both . . . Neither This is a case (one of many) in which the two forms are equivalent in meaning This is aided by the fact that in English the two sentences are pronounced identically, since the vdʒ cluster in ayvdʒəstə'rayvd I've just arrived is very difficult to pronounce, and is normally shortened to just dʒ , which makes it indistinguishable from I just arrived Since people hear them
etymology - What is wont a contraction of? - English Language . . . Won’t actually has a pretty interesting and complex history Ultimately it does come from a contraction of will and not, but it all happened in a rather roundabout way It all started off with the Old English verb willan wyllan, meaning to will, wish, or want Even in Old English it was used occasionally to denote a future intent “Ic wille gan” could mean “I want to go” or “I will
Difference between Keep on+V-ing and Keep+V-ing Please help me to find out the answer Am I right if I say I keep on walking in this dark way? or I keep walking in this dark way? What is the difference between the two sentences?