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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Protocol
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/17/nyregion/17harlem.html
"Echocardiograms are usually administered when patients have specific symptoms or a history of heart disease, and standard protocol is for them to be read by doctors, often within two hours of being given, cardiologists say. "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061603081.html
"It's the belief, widely held by doctors and their patients, that a really clever and creative practitioner can outsmart the standard protocols and achieve heroic outcomes. "
Is the uncountable "standard protocol" the same as the plural "standard protocols"?
"Echocardiograms are usually administered when patients have specific symptoms or a history of heart disease, and standard protocol is for them to be read by doctors, often within two hours of being given, cardiologists say. "
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/16/AR2009061603081.html
"It's the belief, widely held by doctors and their patients, that a really clever and creative practitioner can outsmart the standard protocols and achieve heroic outcomes. "
Is the uncountable "standard protocol" the same as the plural "standard protocols"?
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Yes.
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Any tips on when to use the uncountable version and plural version?
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Not beyond the obvious, Megg: if there are several procedures involved, you might want to make that clear by using the plural. And when you are considering the process itself ('Protocol is an important facet of the diagnostic system.') of course.
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