Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
omega-3 or omega 3?
English answer:
omega-3
English term
Sep 21, 2016 09:27: Edith Kelly changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
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omega-3
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Klausrugund
: omega-3
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Thanks, Klaus!
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Charles Davis
: I've been trying to find a definitive answer; some (e.g. the APA) use an EN-dash and others a hyphen, but all respectable scientific sources include a '-', so "omega 3" is probably wrong. // Anton's provided the explanation.
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Thanks, Charles! Quite surprised by an en-dash, can't really see any justification for that, but there you go! In any event, I feel SOME link is necessary.
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Vidya Thatte
19 mins
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Thanks, Vidya!
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Lingua 5B
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Thanks, Lingua!
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philgoddard
57 mins
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Thanks, Phil!
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Edith Kelly
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Thanks, Edith!
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Charlesp
: I would have thought that “omega 3” could be written with or without a dash – however it appears that without a dash (though one does see that sometimes) is wrong.
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Thanks, Charles!
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
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Thanks, Yasutomo!
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