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Re: Memos show Clinton Turmoil Part 1

Feebs11 — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:47:13 GMT

Question: I would have written ''Clinton's turmoil''. Why didn't the author use apostrophe? It is a headline - they do not use standard grammar.

Question: Why is semicolon used instead of comma to separate the email addresses above? Addresses are better separated by semicolons - it establishes that they are different.

Question: Clinton didn't embrace Penn's approach because she did not consider it seriously. Therefore, what campaign aides were saying is redundant. They are the people to whom the journalists talked in order to find out what is happening.

Re: Challenges Involved in the Dentistry Field - page 2-3 - proof read

Feebs11 — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:48:57 GMT

Rakesh219 wrote:
Hi i would really appreciate it if you could proof read the page 2 &3 of my report "Challenges Involved in the Dentistry Field". I would really appreciate it if you could proof read my report and let me know if there are any mistakes or confusing sentences. Please let me know if i should add a comma or semicolon as i always make mistakes there. Thanks a lot.

P.S. the paranthesis is ment for placing my sources.....

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Trends in Liability Claims

As the rate of insurance increases so would the cost of dental care eventually. Factors like incidence and severity of claims, costs the involved in severity claims, and treatments and allegations involved in paid claims all affect the rate of insurance. For example, as more people file malpractice claims, so more insurance companies will charge for their policies to keep up with the growing cost of indemnity.

Incidents of Claims

These incidence statistics reflect the claims experience of 12 professional liability insurance companies that together insure 97,416 dentists, of whom 85% are general practitioners (______)

                                            Incidence of Claims
Year            Incidence of claims           Incidence of claims         Total Incidence
                    for which                        that were closed                     of claims
                payment was made                without payment
2003             .89%                                    1.97%                                 2.86%
2002             .92%                                    2.25%                                 3.17%
2001               1.00%                                2.37%                               3.37%
2000               1.24%                                2.64%                                 3.88%
1999               1.36%                                2.60%                                 3.96%

According to the above table, the incidence of claims that are closed without payment show a fall of roughly 0.04% - 0.28% in a given year while incidence of claims for which payment was made show a fall of approximately 0.10% on a given year. And although the total incidence of claims filed between the year â99 and â03 has fallen from 3.96% to 2.86%, which is a fall of only 1.10% within five years. According to the survey conducted by the ADA this percentage is likely to rise as additional claims are reported and those currently filed are settled.

Severity of Claims

These severity statistics reflect the claims experience of 13 professional liability insurance companies that together insure 101,144 dentists, of whom, 82% are general practitioners (______)

                                        Severity of Claims
Year                Weighted Average         Highest           Lowest
2003                       $14,458            $30,128          $943
2002                   $17,363                $28,000          $2,839
2001                   $16,550                $37,795            $4,366
2000                   $18,365              $38,688          $2,489
1999                   $17,803              $27,000          $1,219

With reference to the above table one might think that the cost involved in malpractice claims is surprisingly low; yet according to the survey conducted by the ADA, insurance companies often recommend dentists to purchase policies that cover at least $1 million for a single claim. The reason that insurance companies to recommend such policies is on the chances of a claim being extremely severe. It is also important to understand that the cost involved in the above table ~~also~~ includes attorney fees and the claims for which payment was not made. Although the weighted average and lowest cost appears to have lowered from the year 1999 to 2003, it has lowered in a fluctuating manner, therefore it is highly likely that the cost could rise again as additional claims are filed and those currently filed are settled as mentioned in the incidence of claims section. ~~Whereas t~~ It should be noted that the highest cost of severity of claims has increased from $27,000 to $30,000 between the year 1999 and 2003.

Usually chronological tables run from top to bottom [oldest first, newest last]. Is there a particular reason for doing it the way you have?

Challenges Involved in the Dentistry Field - page 2-3 - proof read

Rakesh219 — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:32:37 GMT

Hi i would really appreciate it if you could proof read the page 2 &3 of my report "Challenges Involved in the Dentistry Field". I would really appreciate it if you could proof read my report and let me know if there are any mistakes or confusing sentences. Please let me know if i should add a comma or semicolon as i always make mistakes there. Thanks a lot.

P.S. the paranthesis is ment for placing my sources.....

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Trends in Liability Claims

As the rate of insurance increases so would the cost of dental care eventually. Factors like incidence and severity of claims, cost involved in severity claims, and treatments and allegations involved in paid claims all affect the rate of insurance. For example, as more people file malpractice claims the more insurance companies will charge for their policies to keep up with the growing cost.

Incidents of Claims

These incidence statistics reflect the claims experience of 12 professional liability insurance companies that together insure 97,416 dentists, of whom, 85% are general practitioners (______)

                                            Incidence of Claims
Year            Incidence of claims           Incidence of claims         Total Incidence
                    for which                        that are closed                     of claims
                payment was made                without payment
2003             .89%                                    1.97%                                 2.86%
2002             .92%                                    2.25%                                 3.17%
2001               1.00%                                2.37%                               3.37%
2000               1.24%                                2.64%                                 3.88%
1999               1.36%                                2.60%                                 3.96%

According to the above table the incidence of claims that are closed without payment show a fall of roughly 0.04% - 0.28% in a given year while incidence of claims for which payment was made show a fall of approximately 0.10% on a given year. And although the total incidence of claims filed between the year â99 and â03 has fallen from 3.96% to 2.86%, which is a fall of only 1.10% within five years, according to the survey conducted by ADA this percentage is likely to rise as additional claims are reported and those currently filed are settled.

Severity of Claims

These severity statistics reflect the claims experience of 13 professional liability insurance companies that together insure 101,144 dentists, of whom, 82% are general practitioners (______)

                                        Severity of Claims
Year                Weighted Average         Highest           Lowest
2003                       $14,458            $30,128          $943
2002                   $17,363                $28,000          $2,839
2001                   $16,550                $37,795            $4,366
2000                   $18,365              $38,688          $2,489
1999                   $17,803              $27,000          $1,219

With reference to the above table one might think that the cost involved in malpractice claims is surprisingly low; yet according to the survey conducted by ADA insurance companies often recommend dentist to purchase policies that cover at lest $1 million for a single claim. The reason for insurance companies to recommend such policies is on the chances of a claim being extremely severe. It is also important to understand that the cost involved in the above table also includes attorney fees and the claims for which payment was not made. Although the weighted average and lowest cost appears to have lowered from the year 1999 to 2003 it has lowered in fluctuating manner, therefore it is highly likely that the cost could rise again as additional claims are filed and those currently filed are settled as mentioned in the incidence of claims section. Whereas the highest cost of severity of claims has increased from $27,000 to $30,000 between the year 1999 and 2003.

Re: Help Me

Philip — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:20:53 GMT

Cherrypie10 wrote:
I canât think of a better site name before so Iâve decided to name it after the two of my favorite dogs. Cherry and Pie are two of our family dogs, [;] they're the oldest so they're the one ~~whom~~ I love the most.

Is that correct?

A semicolon keeps it from being a "run-on" sentence.

I would use 'two' rather than 'ones', but many people use the plural form of 'one'.

No relative pronoun is necessary, but I wouldn't use 'whom' when referring to animals.

Re: of whom

Welkins2139 — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 09:51:38 GMT

The first sentence "of whom......" is a nonidentify clause. That modfies the sentence.

I am not sure the second is correct. I would use a semicolon or add a connector.

Twenty people were arrested during the demonstration; four of them were charged with obstruction.

Twenty people were arrested during the demonstration only four of them were charged with obstruction.

Relocate

Mister Micawber — Wed, 18 Aug 2004 11:40:07 GMT

I certainly wouldn't laugh at you, but 'relocate' suggests a much longer move than a week, in common parlance. I think you have a tendency to overdo the vocabulary, as some of the other changes you made were not so good stylistically either:

ORIGINAL:

"When one of the people I worked closely with moved to a new position in Switzerland it became difficult to get work done quickly communicating only by e-mail and telephone so I went over there for a week to get as much done as possible and to plan what else needed to be done upon my return to Bristol"

YOUR REVISION:

"When one of my co-workers with whom I worked closely with moved to a new position in Switzerland, it became difficult to get work done quickly communicating only by e-mail and telephone. I therefore relocated to Switzerland for a week to get as much done as possible and to plan what else needed to be done upon my return to Bristol. "

MY REVISION:

"When one of my co-workers [HAVING CHANGED TO 'CO-WORKERS' YOU NO LONGER NEED THE ADJECTIVE CLAUSE] moved to a new position in Switzerland, it became difficult to get work done quickly ['EMAIL', 'TELEPHONE' ARE COMMUNICATION DEVICES SO YOU DO NOT NEED THE PARTICIPLE] only by e-mail and telephone; [NO NEED TO CHANGE THE 'SO', JUST ADD A SEMICOLON] so I went [THE PROBLEM WITH 'RELOCATED' HAS BEEN MENTIONED ABOVE] to Switzerland for a week to get as much done as possible and to plan what else needed to be done upon my return to Bristol. "

So it would look like this:

"When one of my co-workers moved to a new position in Switzerland, it became difficult to get work done quickly only by e-mail and telephone; so I went to Switzerland for a week to get as much done as possible and to plan what else needed to be done upon my return to Bristol."

In general, good revision consists of paring out unnecessary words rather than adding more.