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When seeing their physicians, patients may think that it's not important to mention the over-the-counter medications being taken. The truth is quite the opposite:
Your medical history calls for meds,
Not just the ones prescribed on scripts;
But vitamins and supplements,
And others claimed without such slips.
Well known by doctors old and young
Are interactions these may have.
Some meds will meet with bonhomie
While others fight, requiring salve.
If best results you hope to find,
Your gentler pills must share the light.
When harmful matchups are foreseen,
The plan must change, avoiding plight.
Your medical history calls for meds,
Not just the ones prescribed on scripts;
But vitamins and supplements,
And others claimed without such slips.
Well known by doctors old and young
Are interactions these may have.
Some meds will meet with bonhomie
While others fight, requiring salve.
If best results you hope to find,
Your gentler pills must share the light.
When harmful matchups are foreseen,
The plan must change, avoiding plight.
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It is not uncommon for people to be uncertain when choosing between farther and further. The latter is usually appropriate when relating to distance in a metaphorical way, and it may mean “moreover” in some contexts. One absolute difference is that “farther” is never used as a verb.
We run ever farther to further our joy,
Proceeding most strongly and, further, with verve.
We further the skeptics or maybe alloy,
But all will be certain that farther's no verb.
Remember that “further” is broader in scope,
Beyond simple distance through space or in time.
When “far” is compared by extent or degree,
Then “further” beats farther, its reach more sublime.
We run ever farther to further our joy,
Proceeding most strongly and, further, with verve.
We further the skeptics or maybe alloy,
But all will be certain that farther's no verb.
Remember that “further” is broader in scope,
Beyond simple distance through space or in time.
When “far” is compared by extent or degree,
Then “further” beats farther, its reach more sublime.
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A reminder that the past tense of the verb lead is led …
The lad who led would not be led
Yet drew his map and read his lead.
He took the lead and stayed ahead,
Thus leading ego to be fed.
The lad who led would not be led
Yet drew his map and read his lead.
He took the lead and stayed ahead,
Thus leading ego to be fed.
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In the present tense, people can only “lay” something;
Otherwise, they lie.
A chicken can only “lay” an egg;
Otherwise, it lies.
So when you find a chicken that says otherwise,
It's all lies!
Otherwise, they lie.
A chicken can only “lay” an egg;
Otherwise, it lies.
So when you find a chicken that says otherwise,
It's all lies!
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Thinking about the word “everyone” is simplified by remembering that it relates not to a group of things but to a group of people. In contrast, the phrase “every one” is not restricted in that way. Whether with things or with people, using “every one” as two separate words is correct if the phrase can be replaced by “each” and followed by “of”:
All humans in a group are “everyone,”
Yet each of them is only ever one.
Thus, using “every” distanced from its “one,”
Is safe and right if “of” doth follow “one.”
When items are nonhuman every one,
We only speak of “every one of them.”
Since “each” may substitute and be no con,
It's “every” by itself that takes the helm.
This “every one of them” is also right
When items in the group are clearly folk.
Make checks of “each” and “of” with oversight,
And “everyone” will cheer, not laugh and joke.
All humans in a group are “everyone,”
Yet each of them is only ever one.
Thus, using “every” distanced from its “one,”
Is safe and right if “of” doth follow “one.”
When items are nonhuman every one,
We only speak of “every one of them.”
Since “each” may substitute and be no con,
It's “every” by itself that takes the helm.
This “every one of them” is also right
When items in the group are clearly folk.
Make checks of “each” and “of” with oversight,
And “everyone” will cheer, not laugh and joke.
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If “but also” in the second part of a sentence introduces an independent clause, it must be preceded by a comma:
“Not only” is pals with “but also,”
Relating two parts of a sentence.
Though not often chummy with commas,
They'll take one that serves independence.
“Not only” is pals with “but also,”
Relating two parts of a sentence.
Though not often chummy with commas,
They'll take one that serves independence.
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The words affect and effect both have noun and verb forms, and they can be related to the concept of change in a thought-provoking way:
So after change effects a change,
Effective change has had effect.
Affected by effective change,
One's affect changes to reflect.
So after change effects a change,
Effective change has had effect.
Affected by effective change,
One's affect changes to reflect.
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Here's a reminder that the medicine cabinet in the bathroom is not the best place to keep pharmaceuticals. Instead, carefully choose a spot that's cool, dry, dark, and safely out of the reach of small hands or paws:
Medicine cabinet on the wall,
Who's the fairest of them all,
Set behind your silvered glass,
Waiting mute with hopes to pass.
Pray these meds will take their flight,
Leaving rooms oft bathed in light.
Let them pose where dry not moist;
Cool, aloof, and safe by hoist.
Medicine cabinet on the wall,
Who's the fairest of them all,
Set behind your silvered glass,
Waiting mute with hopes to pass.
Pray these meds will take their flight,
Leaving rooms oft bathed in light.
Let them pose where dry not moist;
Cool, aloof, and safe by hoist.
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Apparently, the correct usage of neither nor and either or can be tricky in some cases, and applying the rule of having the verb match the closest noun may feel uncomfortable.
When "either or" and "neither nor”
Meet subjects who implore,
The second subject through the door
Is given favor more.
When "either or" and "neither nor”
Meet subjects who implore,
The second subject through the door
Is given favor more.
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The word awhile is an adverb that is frequently misused, confused with the noun while.
The Benefit of Whiling:
A while ago, I stopped awhile
To while away the day.
And then at rest, 'twas but a while,
A smile had come to stay.
The Benefit of Whiling:
A while ago, I stopped awhile
To while away the day.
And then at rest, 'twas but a while,
A smile had come to stay.