Breaking News: Sarah Palin’s Latest Child Is a Baby

While reading the Tennessean online, I came across an article about John McCain selecting Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate.  The article gives a brief overview of Palin’s political/biographical background, ending with this final sentence:
She and her husband Todd Palin, have five children. The latest, a baby, was born with Down syndrome.
I find [...]

Word of the Day: Ambulate

Ambulate

Function: intransitive verb
Inflected Form(s): am·bu·lat·ed; am·bu·lat·ing
Etymology: Latin ambulatus, past participle of ambulare
Date: circa 1623

: to move from place to place : walk

Why would you use the word “ambulate” when the word “walk” will work just fine, especially if you have already used the word “walk” to set up the sentence in which you [...]

I Could Care Less

From a manuscript I’m currently editing:
I pick up a magazine, but I can’t concentrate on that either. The latest fad diet or newest winter fashions seem so inconsequential. I have a long “To Do” list, but I could care less.
And to save time, I’ll just steal someone else’s words:
The expression I could not care less [...]

Is this a new cancer treatment?

The following sentence is from an article written by a medical professional:
More importantly, the annual incidence of osteoporosis fractures is higher in prostate cancer patients treated with surgical or medical castration when compared to those treated without castration or with normal men.

This would be better:
More importantly, the annual incidence of osteoporosis fractures is higher [...]