Before we plan for what the doctors have referred to as an "induction" on Tuesday, I have to set the record straight. As an editor, I can no longer go along with this accepted terminology.
The noun form of the verb induce is inducement. Induction is the noun form of induct. Webster's agrees with me. More importantly, so does Smitty.
Despite Jessica's improvement with throwing and catching in the last few years, she will not be enshrined in Cooperstown any time soon. Cal Ripken is having an induction. Jessica is having an inducement.
These doctors love to show off how they can spell, constantly referring to themselves as O-B-G-Y-Ns instead of obgyns to prove a point. But I guess they don't teach grammar in med school.
Just had to get that off my chest.
P.S. With Sunday looming as April Fool's Day, we pledge to you that no jokes will be made regarding the baby's birth. If we tell you on Sunday we had the kid, you can be certain it's the truth. I'm just not sure the expecting grandparents could handle that kind of a prank.
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I'll trust Webster's, but in no way am I trusting Smitty when it comes to grammatical questions. Or geometry for that matter.
I may not know a rhombus when I see one, but I can tell you without a doubt it is inducement (the act of getting someone - in this case, a baby - to do something...in this case, COME OUT!) and not induction. I be really good at grammer.
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