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Diamondrg Posted 20 years ago
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be caused by or with

A picture plantar wart can be found in special literature; this disorder is caused ---- human papillomavirus and can be treated with similar methods used for cervical conditions that exhibit ASCUS.

A) by B) with

Which do you think is correct? Why?
  

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I found the sentence below somewhere online. A picture plantar wart can be found in special literature; this disorder is caused with human papillomavirus and can be treated with similar methods used for cervical conditions that exhibit ASCUS. I feel something is wrong with the writing above.

  • I found the sentence below somewhere online.
  • A picture plantar wart can be found in special literature; this disorder is caused with human papillomavirus and can be treated with similar methods used for cervical conditions that exhibit ASCUS.
  • I feel something is wrong with the writing above.
  • If I were the author (although my profession is far from a medical doctor), I would write like: Pictures of planter warts can be found in special literature: the planter wart is caused by human papillomavirus es and can be treated with/by similar methods used for cervical conditions that exhibit asci .
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I found the sentence below somewhere online.

A picture plantar wart can be found in special literature; this disorder is caused with human papillomavirus and can be treated with similar methods used for cervical conditions that exhibit ASCUS.

I feel something is wrong with the writing above. If I were the author (although my profession is far from a medical doctor), I would writ
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I need native speaker advice on this.
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The correct answer is by.
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can't "with" be used with "be caused", nona?

Picture Plantar Wart

A picture plantar wart can be found in special literature; this disorder is caused with human papillomavirus and can be treated with similar methods used for cervical conditions that exhibit ASCUS. Repeat the process, scraping away the dead skin before applying fresh medicine, unti

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I can't think of any correct uses of 'caused with'. This is just an error in the article.

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