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Gillyflower Posted 6 years ago
Grammar

Can I omit the second repeated word?

Hi,

Can I omit the second "factor" in the following sentence?

"Several factors, including genetic, environmental, and immunological factors are involved in the etiology of ulcerative colitis."


Thanks!

  

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You can avoid the problem by a slight change to the phrasing.

gillyflower"Several factors, including genetic, environmental, and immunological and other factors are involved in the etiology of ulcerative colitis."
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Can I omit the second "factor" in the following sentence?

"Several factors, including genetic, environmental, and immunological, are involved in the etiology of ulcerative colitis." Yes, but add a comma after 'immunological'.

Or you could say it this way.

eg"Several factors, including genetic, environmental, and immunological ones, are involved in

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