The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #172874 Message #4197288
Posted By: Tattie Bogle
16-Feb-24 - 04:44 AM
Thread Name: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II
Subject: RE: BS: Language Pet Peeves part II
@ Lighter: Then there are those who talk about the “HIV virus” - effectively means they are saying virus twice. And “a bacteria” - the singular is bacterium. Another common medical one - “prostrate” when they mean “prostate”.