Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBr3S09471 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:53:03 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311153.f7VBr3S09471@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from juno.medctr.ohio-state.edu (jupiter.medctr.ohio-state.edu [140.254.120.28]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f2JJqgg12783 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:52:42 -0500 (EST) Received: from conversion.medctr.ohio-state.edu by hermes.medctr.ohio-state.edu (PMDF V5.2-31 #34302) id <01K1DV5QU7TC8X055K@hermes.medctr.ohio-state.edu> for nifl-health@nifl.gov; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:52:37 EST Received: from gw.medctr.ohio-state.edu (gw.medctr.ohio-state.edu [140.254.139.64]) by hermes.medctr.ohio-state.edu (PMDF V5.2-31 #34302) with SMTP id <01K1DV5QLFD08X030C@hermes.medctr.ohio-state.edu> for nifl-health@nifl.gov; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:52:36 -0500 (EST) Received: from OSUMC-Message_Server by gw.medctr.ohio-state.edu with Novell_GroupWise; Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:52:37 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2001 14:52:28 -0500 From: Susan Scritchfield <scritchfield-1@medctr.osu.edu> Subject: [NIFL-HEALTH:2928] Re: Easy to read vs. grammatically incorrect To: nifl-health@nifl.gov Message-id: <sab61d35.023@gw.medctr.ohio-state.edu> X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.2 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-disposition: inline Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:53:03 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 1193 Lines: 39 Recently I am trying to go with what seems more in line with conversational language for patient health education print materials. Also, I wonder if anyone can comment on this trend as it relates to ESL issues? Susan Scritchfield LISW Coordinator, Consumer Health Education, NSD/PE Room 004, Arthur James Cancer Hospital Ohio State University Medical Center 300 W. 10th Avenue Columbus, Ohio 43210 Ph: 614-293-3259 Fax: 614-293-2333 Email: scritchfield-1@medctr.osu.edu >>> knonesuch@TheHub.capcollege.bc.ca 03/19 2:21 PM >>> nifl-health@nifl.gov writes: >This medicine is only for the child for whom it is prescribed. >vs. >This medicine is only for the child the doctor gives it to. (?) >Only give this medicine to the child it is ordered for. (?) I'd go with the second one. I try to be grammatically correct, but I always choose to use ordinary language, even if it is not "correct." What about this? (I'm sure everyone on the list has a favorite way to think about such problems.) This medicine is for the child whose name is on the bottle. Don't give it to any other child. Kate Nonesuch Reading and Writing Centre Malaspina University-College Cowichan Campus Duncan, BC
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