Sunday, December 10, 2006

A Shot by Any Other Name

Joan,

Did you get your flu shot, inoculation or is it innoculation?--Dr. Joe

Dear Dr. Joe,

You only need one -n. In fact, inoculation makes Garner's shortlist of the most commonly misspelled words (in English of course).

Thank you for the question.

(Source: A Dictionary of Modern American Usage, Bryan A. Garner)

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