Although you may receive a shot, the person who gives you an injection does not shoot you unless they also fire at you with a weapon.
My Taiwanese colleague, who despite speaking excellent English with very little accent, still occasionally makes errors like these.
A couple of weeks ago she said something about leaving early to take her infant daughter to the doctor "to get shot".
With a straight face, I asked her "Doesn't that sort of violate his Hippocratic Oath?"
When she asked me what I meant, I said "So he shot your daughter?" to which she said "Yes, he said she needed to get shot."
I said, "Might be time to consider another doctor or at least a second opinion."
She said "No, he just said she needed her baby shots."
I replied "Oh, so he used a small gun?"
"Huh? What are you talking about? All babies have to get shot several times at different ages."
I then made some comment agreeing that while regular discipline was essential in child rearing, shooting them seemed borderline abusive. At that point she asked me if I was stupid or just messing with her.
I eventually pointed out that there's a significant difference in 'getting shot' and 'getting shots', one being far healthier than the other.
