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

Nik Taylor wrote:
>
> Maybe the medicine scenario is due to the fact that I "take" any kind of
> medicine, be it solid or liquid.  Well, any kind of of medicine that is
> taken via the mouth - an injection wouldn't be "taken", I think.  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.
>
I'll admit that I tend to use "take" for medicines as the default. But
I'm comfortable with substituting "drink" for liquids and "swallow" for
pills. I agree that usually injections don't use "take". But I have
heard a cousin who is diabetic be asked by his wife if he'd "taken his
insulin". But I'll agree with your idea about overrides of verbs.

Even as the promoter of drinking of medicine, I'll accept that that verb
is correct, but not most common for me in that usage.

Laurie
milo@winternet.com