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agree with you, but for a different reason on the ST issue

Posted By: hypen to keep the capitalization from on 2007-07-09
In Reply to: I think you're all incorrect - you would type - non-ST myocardial infarction, correct?...sm

Subject: agree with you, but for a different reason on the ST issue

crashing. On the other hand, BOS says non is a word that in most cases does not need a hypen, so it does vary in many instances. Non can be combined with the word being used. Noncommental is an example, but there is no hyphenated statement following it.


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Subject: This is not a BOS issue ...

... where there are mistakes, but an English grammar issue. Since most companies use the BOS as a guide, though, if QA says to do it with "was" unless you want to get points off, use "was."

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The grammar link you provided was a different thing entirely. It was talking about "each" I believe. I really didn't get how that applied, but maybe I missed something.

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Subject: reason I said that.....sm

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And after all that, the most professional and correct answer would actually be...leave a blank ;)