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Angliholic Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Cholesterol levels/degrees
Because he has high blood pressure, Paul monitors his cholesterol levels carefully.
Hi,
Is it the same to say "cholesterol degrees" instead of "cholesterol levels" in the above? Thanks.
Hi,
Is it the same to say "cholesterol degrees" instead of "cholesterol levels" in the above? Thanks.
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" Your original sentence may be misleading. We might suspect it means "different levels from day to day," and it well may. , LDL, HDL, triglycerides, etc.
- " Your original sentence may be misleading.
- We might suspect it means "different levels from day to day," and it well may.
- , LDL, HDL, triglycerides, etc.
- ") There are situations where "levels" may correspond to "degrees," but this is not among them.
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I would say "no."
Your original sentence may be misleading. We might suspect it means "different levels from day to day," and it well may. But then we could say he has high blood "pressures."
But I think it refers to the several components of the cholesterol reading, eg., LDL, HDL, triglycerides, etc.
- ("Your LDL is too high and your HDL is too low!")
There a
Your original sentence may be misleading. We might suspect it means "different levels from day to day," and it well may. But then we could say he has high blood "pressures."
But I think it refers to the several components of the cholesterol reading, eg., LDL, HDL, triglycerides, etc.
- ("Your LDL is too high and your HDL is too low!")
There a
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