Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 12:49:35 -0400
From: "Mike B." <omni at omniphile.com>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Malapropism of the week
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at KeithLynch.net>

"Causes"?  No need to use jargon.

-- Mike B.

Madeleine Yeh wrote:
>    What word should have been used in this sentence?  A
> disease of unknown cause is called idiopathic.
>
> On Thu, 27 May 2010 20:44:22 -0400 (EDT)
>   "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>> "There are diseases with unknown ideology."
>>
>> http://www.globegazette.com/features/article_0520b8be-62d9-11df-a24e-001cc4c03286.html
>>
>> Is there a proofreader in the house?
>>
>