I recall an English teacher (long ago)
Posted By: sm on 2009-06-22
In Reply to: 17-weeks gestation or weeks' - Rosie
Subject: I recall an English teacher (long ago)
telling us that the apostrophe is the same as saying "of," as in 17 weeks of gestation, which would be okay. Or you can say a 17-week gestation. Either way would be okay I would think. Not 17-weeks gestation though.
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You must have been the person the teacher didn't pick as you raised your hand every single time..
Subject: You must have been the person the teacher didn't pick as you raised your hand every single time...sm
jumping up and down wanting to answer the question. Otherwise you would have been paying more attention and know this. This is very basic MT knowledge, not your opinion of what it should be. Her answer is correct, not yours, and she explained it correctly. Go back and read it again. It is not the amount of packs in a year, no matter how many times you jump up and down yelling out your answer.
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Subject: Don't recall ever tying it that way, but....
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Subject: He does not recall any distint PRODRUM of injury in this area?? TIA
He does not recall any distinct PRODRUM of injury or symptoms in this area.
I'm trying to recall another word for the sutures of the skull bones??..nm
Subject: I'm trying to recall another word for the sutures of the skull bones??..nm
s
Normal language and recall on s/l breeves testing
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As I recall from my cardiology days, pan means all encompassing, surrounding. nm
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Subject: Well...my docs always said endometrial thickness, I have never heard endometrious that I can recall. nm
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Subject: ADHD Rating Score, Conners Teacher Rating Scale
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awwww thanks Jai - was long long ago *hugs*....nm
Subject: awwww thanks Jai - was long long ago *hugs*....nm
is she English?
Subject: is she English?
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Subject: HELP WITH ENGLISH
Hi, Newbie!
Guess they haven't taught you about homonyms yet. Sight, site, and cite are a good example of them. The correct one is site (location).
Also try ophthalmology specialty book, Surgical Word Book, and whatever hospital you're working for does have a list of the instruments used. I used to call Sterile Supply directly (in a former lifetime when we worked in hospitals) and then check their spelling.
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Never mix latin with English, no???
Subject: Never mix latin with English, no???
No, 1/4 for English, 0.25 for metric
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ESL = English as second language See msg
Subject: ESL = English as second language See msg
I don't have an AAMT Book of Style, so someone else will have to answer. I'm sure it's a great resource, but I learned at a local college and then my accounts determined the way things were transcribed.
huh? sprechen English? ESL MD? *l*
Subject: huh? sprechen English? ESL MD? *l*
**sorry, dictionary (looks like I need an English one too, lol) (nm)
Subject: **sorry, dictionary (looks like I need an English one too, lol) (nm)
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English word help please! sm
Subject: English word help please! sm
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In any case, these issues will become clear once we evaluate symptomatology which is (sounds like PREFACIT) after she full recovers from her gynecologic surgery." It doesn't seem to be a form of "preface"....anyone?? Thanks!
english word help please
Subject: english word help please
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english word help. sm
Subject: english word help. sm
Scaphoid fracture. Patient needs to work on range of motion exercises. DR. will see him back to make sure that he s/l resents or resints his range of motion.
My brain is not working today. Is yours???
English word help
Subject: English word help
When typing a high school is it capitalized?
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English word...
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Subject: re: English word
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Subject: You do not mix Latin and English, so
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This is an anesthetist dictating - "I am aware that not everyone in the department is s/l suseel at sciatic nerve blocks in the popliteal fossa". -- I am assuming it another word for able to or adept?? but can't find anything remotely close.
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Subject: ESL - English second language (foreigner)
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Subject: OUR English was b*astardized 200+ years ago
Americanese..........*LOL*
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Subject: Per BOS, 50 mcg/kg per minute - do not mix Latin and English.
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wainscoting English word nm
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The patient enjoys golf and .......
How do you write ski as a verb? I've tried skiis, skis, and skies, and none of them are coming up as a verb to mean--- go down a snowy hill on boards...
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gotta love English....sm
Subject: gotta love English....sm
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Subject: English class - no apostrophe "s" after
an s -- Mr. Jones' class.
What ?? This is an English class for 'jk'..sm
Subject: What ?? This is an English class for 'jk'..sm
It is
Charles's car
boss's desk
Dallas's airport
Exception:
Only If the addition of an extrra 's' would make the word difficult to pronounce, add the apostrophe only:
New Orleans' fish
Los Angeles' team
and expecially with foreign
words:
Dumas's novel
Mr. Chambers' estate
and also
for goodness' sake
for conscience' sake.
Did you use your old reference books ?
I got my information online, therefore much more accurate.
ONLY
I don't live in Britain and I use an English
Subject: I don't live in Britain and I use an English
dictionary. If I had to know a multitude of different languages, I surely wouldn't do this for a living.
Thanks everyone, simple English word
Subject: Thanks everyone, simple English word
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Subject: I think mixed Latin and English is becoming more common....see BOS pg 146. I am not sure if it is correct or now, but it does not seem to be discouraged.
I use it both ways and I have never had a response from QA on either.
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Subject: Your questions are very difficult to understand. Is English a sm
a second language to you?
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and she did say Diflucan as the child has thrush.
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Subject: THANKS! Could not think of how to spell in-sync in English, I guess!
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English word, kilted, means sm
Subject: English word, kilted, means sm
. gathered in pleats; pleated
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Subject: maybe "in portion"...poor English use, but a WAG. sm
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Subject: common phrase in English language, but
normally said as "a bit of AN impasse.
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Subject: mcg and kg are Latin terms, minute is English word
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Hepp I'm tupid.
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Subject: How could you type the Umlaut, the two points on the o, on an English keyboard????..s/m
I suppose you have a German keyboard?
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Subject: Flacido means flabby or flaccid...but why would doc mix English and Spanish? nm
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"appreciable consolidation" doncha love it when new docs mangle english? nm
Subject: "appreciable consolidation" doncha love it when new docs mangle english? nm
longstanding, long-standing, or long standing?
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this is probably long gone, but
Subject: this is probably long gone, but
"tie sickle" should be "phthisical" - although the sentence structure may need to be changed some or there is something else missing.
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