Do you call a bottle of prescription the drug/the drugS?
Every night before her husband went to bed, he would open a prescription bottle of the muscle relaxant Soma and swallow the eight or nine pills it took for him to fall asleep, said the woman. She spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity because she wants to protect her husband's identity and not embarrass his family.
The drugs arrived at their doorstep every week. She thought they were being prescribed by a treating physician.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/21/online.drugs/index.html
I always thought drugs meant many types of drugs.
Thanks in advance
Every night before her husband went to bed, he would open a prescription bottle of the muscle relaxant Soma and swallow the eight or nine pills it took for him to fall asleep, said the woman. She spoke to CNN on condition of anonymity because she wants to protect her husband's identity and not embarrass his family.
The drugs arrived at their doorstep every week. She thought they were being prescribed by a treating physician.
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/21/online.drugs/index.html
I always thought drugs meant many types of drugs.
Thanks in advance
Comments
In a context like this, I'd more naturally use the singular form. The drug arrived at their doorstep every week. She thought it was being prescribed by a treating physician.
Soma is a single drug.
I'd also consider saying 'medication' rather than 'drug'.
Best wishes, Clive
Thanks in advance!
You would have to say a bottle containing A/THE drug or a bottle of A/THE drug
Certainly medication or a bottle of medication would work
I cannot recall ever having heard a bottle of drug and doesn't seem natural to my ear