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Sat 11 Aug, 2007 02:55 pm
Before entering the area, travelers are advised to contact a health care professional and shoot all recommended inoculations.
Is the sentence correct? What does 'shoot' mean here? Is 'inoculations' correctly used?
Many thanks.
Yoong Liat, you just gave me a smile. "Shoot" is an action word called a verb in the English language. If travelers were to shoot the inoculations, they would be taking a gun and shooting the vials that contained the serum.
This is the way that your sentence should read:
Before entering the area, travelers are advised to contact a health care professional and get the recommended "shots" or inoculations.