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Why are some diseases referred to using an article, and some not?
Asked by stump (3855)
March 17th, 2010
Why do you get the mumps, but not the cancer? Did anyone ever get just one mump, or one measle? And why are some illnesses specific. You catch A cold, but you get THE flu. Is it purely random, or is there an underlying logic that escapes me?
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