Posted by Lou Pilder on February 3, 2008, at 13:35:32
In reply to Re: a generalization, posted by Dr. Bob on February 2, 2008, at 13:13:12
> > So are you saying your doctor said a blow up cuff is more accurate than an automatic? Hummm seems I was blocked for a generalization on that.
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> Maybe it's splitting hairs, but IMO there's a difference between:
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> > > his experience with wrist units is generally bad.
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> and
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> > > wrist units are generally bad.
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> I hope that helps. Thanks,
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> Bob
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Mr. Hsiung,
Your post has in it,[...wrist units are generally bad...]
You write that there is in your opinion a difference between that statement above and the other statement.
I think that there is the potential for one here, as per the grammatical structure of your statement, for one to consider that Phillipa posted something that means that one of the types is "bad". But I can not find any such statement here by Phillpa.
Phillpa wrote about as being a nurse in a hospital with doctors and paitients and the use of blood pressure devices that she liked the one verses the other because in her past practice she liked the accuracy of one verses the other. I do not see how that could mean that one is "bad". That does not IMO conclude that one is "bad". I can not find anything in her post that says that she says that one of the types is "bad". A generally accepted meaning of the word "bad" is that whatever is bad is {not acceptable}. But Phillipa only wrote that she liked the accuracy of one verses the other and made no mention that I can see that the other type was unacceptable. I have a gauge on the dashboard of my car that reads a function of the engine in calibrations and is very accurate. Other cars just have a red light that goes on if what is being measured goes outside of its operating range. Some prefer the red light and some prefer the gauge. I prefer the gauge because of the accuracy that I like. Others may not be concerned with the degree of accuracy that I like. But I am not saying that because there is a difference between the two, in that {I} prefer the gauge, that the red-light indicator is "bad"
I do not know what your intentions are here to have something in your post that has the potential IMO to have some others consider that Phillipa wrote, unless she did write that, and I welcome anyone to post a link to it if it exists. Could you post here why you had in your post,[...wrist units are generally bad...]if Phillpa did not post that? If you could, then I could have the opportunity to respond accordingly.
Lou Pilder
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