Something I've noticed lately, and which happens to be a pet peeve of mine, is the incorrect use of the word diagnosis. You cannot diagnose a person. You can only diagnose a disease. A doctor can give a diagnosis of, say, mono, but a person cannot be diagnosed with mono. However, a person can receive a diagnosis of mono.
I bring this up for two reasons. 1. to make sure I have it right since I've been changing it on proofs lately. And 2. if I am right, as a friendly reminder to editors and reporters. If I'm not right, someone please let me know asap.
Any other pet peeves anyone has they'd like to bring up?
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It's funny (odd) how some things stick with different people and we call them pet peeves. I believe your diagnosis is correct. Thanks for the reminder. I changed it in my editorial.
My pet peeve (for today!) is forwards/backwards. AP style has separate entries for these, forward/backward, yet it showed up with the "s"in a headline in WRT today. Correct in the copy, but wrong in the big type.
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