It was with great interest that I read Baker & Williams’ persuasive account outlining the correct use of the term ‘fasciculation’.1 The plural ‘fasciculations’, they argue, has erroneously slipped into the medical vernacular since Denny-Brown and Pennybacker coined the singular term in 1938.2 Fasciculation, they emphasise, represents a ‘state of being’ and therefore is a binary entity; fasciculation is either present or it is not. On reading this fascinating etymological tour, I felt compelled to present a counter-argument. I propose that the oft-used plural form represents much more than mere solecism. There are alternative ‘…-ation’ words where the plural form is not only acceptable, …

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“Fasciculations”：语言失误还是明智的进步？

我怀着极大的兴趣阅读了 Baker & Williams 的有说服力的描述，概述了“fasciculation”一词的正确用法。1 他们认为，自从 Denny-Brown 和 Pennybacker 创造了他们强调，1938.2 中的单数术语 Fasciculation 代表一种“存在状态”，因此是一个二元实体；震颤要么存在，要么不存在。在阅读这个引人入胜的词源之旅时，我觉得有必要提出一个反驳的论点。我建议经常使用的复数形式代表的不仅仅是 solecism。有替代的“…-ation”词，其中复数形式不仅可以接受，…