The wording in the "Ask Marilyn" column appears to have been: 'Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a

The wording in the "Ask Marilyn" column appears to have been: 'Suppose you're on a game show, and you're given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who knows what's behind the doors, opens another door, say No. 3, which has a goat. He then says to you, "Do you want to pick door No. 2?" Is it to your advantage to switch your choice?' Given "the host, who knows what's behind the doors", I think the original phrasing was less ambiguous than many rephrasings I encounter. It certainly could have been still clearer. Also, her answer - which was presumably read by those writing in to asset her answer was wrong - plainly states that the host always picks a losing door.