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Miyabi Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Is it correct?

Is it correct to say,

"How is your health? The red blood cell index has gone down and back to the safe level?"

Thank you!
  

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The minimum correction is: "... ", but fixing this scarcely results in a conversational sentence. You could try: "How are you?

  • The minimum correction is: "...
  • ", but fixing this scarcely results in a conversational sentence.
  • You could try: "How are you?
  • " This is as about as near conversational as one can get while preserving the technical term "red blood cell index".
  • That term is most likely to be used by a doctor, who would probably be telling the patient about the level, not asking.
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The minimum correction is: "... back to a safe level?", but fixing this scarcely results in a conversational sentence. You could try:

"How are you? Is your red blood cell index back to a safe level?"

This is as about as near conversational as one can get while preserving the technical term "red blood cell index". That term is most likely to be used by a doctor, who would

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