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Don't you just love it when they say "both" but then list three things! - m.z.


Posted: May 18, 2015

It's probably a little difficult to dictate in perfect sentences, but it just frustrates me so much when a doctor dictates "both" and then names three things. Why say both...both means two! I feel like I should correct it, but I don't want to get in trouble for too much editing. 

Oh, yes! This is one of my pet peeves, too. - sm

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Always a quandary about how to fix it. Sometimes I just omit the word both. I do a lot of ESL doctors though, so it is understandable how they get confused.

Actually, it's okay. - sm

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I don't believe they actually realize consciously that what they're doing is vaguely acceptable, but yay for us, it is.


both:
Main Entry: both
Function: conjunction
Date: 12th century


—used as a function word to indicate and stress the inclusion of each of two or more things specified by coordinated words, phrases, or clauses <prized both for its beauty and for its utility> <he…who loveth well both man and bird and beast — S. T. Coleridge>


 


see link, definition #2:


 

Thanks for posting this. It helps! - nm

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Yes, thank you! Good to know if I ever get dinged for this! - m.z.

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