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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Hyphens

Grateful if someone would let me know which one is correct (and why):

Her pain is cardiac-related.

Her pain is cardiac related.

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There is little agreement on things like this. Either way seems all right to me, being equally intelligible. As an adjectival attribute , I would hyphenate it: a cardiac-related problem.

— Cool Breeze

  • There is little agreement on things like this.
  • Either way seems all right to me, being equally intelligible.
  • As an adjectival attribute , I would hyphenate it: a cardiac-related problem.
  • CB
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There is little agreement on things like this. Either way seems all right to me, being equally intelligible. As an adjectival attribute, I would hyphenate it: a cardiac-related problem.

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