Re: CHAT drinking soup: (was: Malat (on behalf of Garrett))

Nik Taylor wrote:
> So,
> maybe it is entirely a volitional thing after all - it's just that the
> verb "take" over-rides the verb "drink" in the case of medicine.
No, I take that back.  If a child or a pet were to ingest antifreeze, I
wouldn't use "drink", I'd use "swallow", even tho it's an entirely
volitional act - so the substance *does* matter.  It has to be a
substance that is expected to be potable, or something like that.  Ack!
And I thought it was so simple.  :-)

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