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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
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Hyphen linked words
A disease-associated mutation has been proved to be relevant.
Why is the hyphen required in this expression? Couldn´t it be
A disease associated mutation...?
Thank you.
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The hyphen shows clearly that the word ' associated ' modifies the word disease, not the word mutation.
- The hyphen shows clearly that the word ' associated ' modifies the word disease, not the word mutation.
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The hyphen shows clearly that the word 'associated ' modifies the word disease, not the word mutation.
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