 #2 (permalink) Fri Apr 21, 2006 4:48 am Medication or medications |
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I don't think there is much difference in meaning between those two phrases, however, I think the first one is a bit awkward, partly because of the double plural.
When medication is used as an uncountable noun, it is a general term and doesn't indicate any specific type of medicine, unless that medicine is named. When it is used as a countable noun, it indicates types of medicine. This is another reason I think the first phrase is awkward. It's redundant. Since "medications" means types or varieties of medication, then "varieties of medications" really means "varieties of varieties of medication". |
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