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Vincent Teo Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Cause / spread disease

Can I say,

The housefly caused diseases.

The housefly spread diseases.
  

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Vincent, The last few questions you had posted were asked several times before. I am not sure why you keep asking the same questions which were answered already. The houseflies cause diseases.

  • Vincent, The last few questions you had posted were asked several times before.
  • I am not sure why you keep asking the same questions which were answered already.
  • The houseflies cause diseases.
  • The houseflies spread diseases.
  • When you change the verbs, the meanings are changed.
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Vincent,

The last few questions you had posted were asked several times before. I am not sure why you keep asking the same questions which were answered already.

The houseflies cause diseases.

The houseflies spread diseases.

When you change the verbs, the meanings are changed. So if you asked "can you say...",

Yes, you can say
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You should say houseflies spread diseases....
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Houseflies spread disease is better. Technically, viruses, bacteria, worms etc. are the actual causes of diseases.

If it is really one guilty fly then it would be:

The housefly spread diseases.

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