July 09, 2009

Overly precise language

In a sentence at the tail end of a local radio newscast about this happy/sad story, I just heard the following:

She was hospitalized due to an unexpected medical emergency.

Er, aren't all emergencies by definition unexpected?

Posted by Linkmeister at July 9, 2009 12:07 PM | TrackBack
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That's what it said in the book I read about medical emergencies.

Posted by: cassie-b at July 10, 2009 10:38 AM