Determine if the following sentence is correct or incorrect.
The patient had a difficult time recovering the wouldn's dressing.
ANSWER: incorrect
WHY - we ruled out that the ' is correct.
Should there be a comma after time -
or just bad sentence structure???
Thank You
I think the problem is in the use of "recovering" -- it should be "re-covering."
To recover something = ??
To re-cover something = ??
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The sentence "The patient had a difficult time recovering the wouldn's dressing." is indeed incorrect. There are a few reasons for this.
First, the word "wouldn's" does not make sense in this context. It seems like a typographical error or a misspelling. Perhaps, it was meant to be "wouldn't" meaning "would not," but without further context, it is difficult to determine the correct word.
Second, there should not be an apostrophe before the "s" in "wouldn's" unless it is meant to indicate a contraction, such as "wouldn't". However, even with the correct contraction, the sentence would still lack clarity because it doesn't clearly convey what the patient had difficulty with.
Regarding the comma after "time," it is not necessary in this sentence. The phrase "The patient had a difficult time" is a complete thought on its own and does not require a comma before continuing the sentence.
In summary, the sentence is incorrect due to the unclear or misspelled word "wouldn's" and the lack of clarity in specifying what the patient had difficulty with.