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  1. 06-Jun-2011, 18:52 #1
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    Cool medicine

    Hello!

    I can't actually figure out whether we can use "medicine" in the plural form... Can you help me, please?

    Can we say, "I need to take some medicines"?

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    Default Re: medicine

    Quote Originally Posted by Will17 View Post
    I can't actually figure out whether we can use "medicine" in the plural form... Can you help me, please?

    Can we say, "I need to take some medicines"?
    We can use the word in the plural, though I would probably say "I need to take several medicines", or "... several different kinds of medicine".

    I might say, " His bathroom was full of pills and medicines".
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    Default Re: medicine

    Not a teacher

    Singular: Medicine
    Plural: Medicines

    It does exist.

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