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Jobb Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
Three-prong approach
Three-prong approach = three methods acting as one?
Context;
During the hearing, Herbert Kuhn, Director of the Center for Medicare Management,
CMS, stated that his agency has developed a three-prong approach to combating fraud
and abuse and controlling current waste in Medicare system.
Context;
During the hearing, Herbert Kuhn, Director of the Center for Medicare Management,
CMS, stated that his agency has developed a three-prong approach to combating fraud
and abuse and controlling current waste in Medicare system.
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It's usually expressed as a 'three- pronged approach' and means approaches from three directions, or using 3 different methods, simultaneously toward solving the problem.
- It's usually expressed as a 'three- pronged approach' and means approaches from three directions, or using 3 different methods, simultaneously toward solving the problem.
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It's usually expressed as a 'three-pronged approach' and means approaches from three directions, or using 3 different methods, simultaneously toward solving the problem.
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It's a curious metaphor. The three prongs of e.g. a garden fork must always act in roughly the same direction. Whereas the 'prongs' of 'three-pronged approach' usually don't.
I would not want a garden fork whose prongs had a tendency to operate in different directions.
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I would not want a garden fork whose prongs had a tendency to operate in different directions.
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