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Park sang joon Posted 11 years ago
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The cause of death as heart attack/ heart attack as the cause of death

Two and one-half hours after discharge from the hospital, the patient was found dead at home by his wife. The death certificate gave the cause of death as heart attack.

I'd like to know I can switch positions of both "the cause of death" and "heart attack."
Thank you in advance for your help.
  

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park sang joon Two and a half one-half hours after being discharg ed from the hospital, the patient was found dead at home by his wife. The death certificate gave the cause of death as heart attack. " Yes, you can.

— Teechr

  • park sang joon Two and a half one-half hours after being discharg ed from the hospital, the patient was found dead at home by his wife.
  • The death certificate gave the cause of death as heart attack.
  • " Yes, you can.
  • " - I think "two an a half days" might be more realistic I think!
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park sang joonTwo and a half one-half hours after being discharged from the hospital, the patient was found dead at home by his wife. The death certificate gave the cause of death as heart attack.
park sang joonI'd like to know I can switch the positions of both "the cause of death" and
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teechr- If you're not referring to a specific hospital, then use "from hospital."
Except in American English, which confusingly, always uses "the hospital", even when not referring to a specific hospital.
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AnonymousExcept in American English, which confusingly, always uses "the hospital", even when not referring to a specific hospital.
'Always' is a little strong. The Corpus of Contemporary American English has 167 citations for 'from hospital', including 32 for 'discharge/discharged from hospital'.
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Heart attack is countable, so I'd say
The death certificate gave the cause of death as a heart attack.

Or, if the actual words written on the certificate are simply 'heart attack', I'd use quotes.
The death certificate gave
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park sang joonI'd like to know I can switch positions of both "the cause of death" and "heart attack."I'd like to know I can switch positions of both "the cause of death" and "heart attack."
No. Not in that context.
That said, I would rephrase it with this journalistic style:
The patient, afte
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