"there are some side effects" vs "It has some side effects"
What's the difference in nuance between "There are some side effects to the drug" and "The drug has some side effects"?

Maybe different contexts call for different forms, or one is more formal than the other?

Thank you!

Question

"there are some side effects" vs "It has some side effects"
What's the difference in nuance between "There are some side effects to the drug" and "The drug has some side effects"?

Maybe different contexts call for different forms, or one is more formal than the other?

Thank you!

Answer

I think they both pretty much are used interchangable, however I would use the first one more like this.

The drug stops all pain around the body and makes you feel happy. There are some side effects to the drug however, such as........

And the second one more like this.

The drug has some side effects such as ...

Basically both the same, it just kind of depends where abouts in the paragraph you are placing it and what is coming before/after it.

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I think they are just two ways to say the same thing. There's no nuances as far as I can see.

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