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I was wondering if this sentence is correct: Doctors have to deal with various diseases like a cancer, a fever etc. in their job. I am not sure, if I should put "a" or not. Can someone help me, please?
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Say eg Doctors have to deal with various diseases like cancer and fevers. We usually don't put 'a' in front of a disease's name. A fever is not a disease.
- Say eg Doctors have to deal with various diseases like cancer and fevers.
- We usually don't put 'a' in front of a disease's name.
- A fever is not a disease.
- When you say 'like' and give examples, we know there are others, so don't also say 'etc'.
- You don't need to say 'in their job'.
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Say eg Doctors have to deal with various diseases like cancer and fevers.
We usually don't put 'a' in front of a disease's name.
A fever is not a disease.
When you say 'like' and give examples, we know there are others, so don't also say 'etc'.
You don't need to say 'in their job'.
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