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July 5, 2014 4:19 pm
This common expression is so so wrong:
He is diagnosed with topsicitis.
The direct object "he" is wrong for that verb, as is the indirect object "topsicitis" for the preposition "with."
Compare the truly correct expression:
His disease is diagnosed as topsicitis by the doctor with the aids of advanced techniques.
Well, wrong things do win. But this is one of those that will never stop being wrong no matter how right it has become, which it long long has.
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July 6, 2014 5:24 pm
The first two dictionaries I looked at include diagnosis of the patient as well as the disease. I'm afraid it's a done deal. Wrong and never are perhaps a little strong in something as flexible and evolutionary as word usage.