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English translation: was capitalized just because I had copied it from the reference


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English term or phrase:Nurse Assistant
English translation:was capitalized just because I had copied it from the reference
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04:50 Oct 22, 2004
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English term or phrase: Nurse Assistant
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Do the word Nuse Assistant has to be NURSE ASSISTANCE? Or it just be capitalized for me to see?
adda
explanation follows
Explanation:
if you mean in reference to the previous query and answer, it was capitalized just because I had copied it from the reference instead of typing it over, and also to call your attention to the change from "Nursing Assistance" which seems a bit awkward to "Nursing Assistant".

NURSING ASSISTANT and Obstetric School, subordinated to the Department of Medical Services and Health of the Ministry of Public Health.

Or:
NURSING ASSISTANT and Obstetric School, subordinate to the Department of Health and Medical Services of the Ministry of Public Health

Or:

NURSING ASSISTANT and Obstetric School, subordinate to the Ministry of Public Health's Department of Health and Medical Services

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airmailrpl
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5 +2explanation follows
airmailrpl
5Nurse Assistance is not correct
humbird
5a Nurse assistant
yolanda Speece
5pls see explanationxxxgulser


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
nurse assistant
pls see explanation


Explanation:
assistance : help given or made available to another

assistant : somebody, especially a subordinate, who helps somebody else to do something



xxxgulser
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
nurse assistant
a Nurse assistant


Explanation:
is a person who assists the nurse in undertaking certain tasks. Nurse assistance means that the nurse will assist you with anything the Nurse is responsible for assisting you with.

yolanda Speece
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nurse assistant
Nurse Assistance is not correct


Explanation:
Nurse assistance is incorrect because assistence is noun, nurse is noun. Correct expression is nurse assistant whereas assitant modifying nurse. It is a hospital occupation who works as nurse's aid. A nurse is quite possibly a registered nurse (abbreviated as RN), a higher ranking nurse with certificate and higher responsibility. Assistant means "serving as an aid". There is no need to be capitalized them as those are common nouns (unless that is a title of a person, under certain circumstance).
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humbird
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Local time: 12:46
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese, Native in EnglishEnglish
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
nurse assistant
explanation follows


Explanation:
if you mean in reference to the previous query and answer, it was capitalized just because I had copied it from the reference instead of typing it over, and also to call your attention to the change from "Nursing Assistance" which seems a bit awkward to "Nursing Assistant".

NURSING ASSISTANT and Obstetric School, subordinated to the Department of Medical Services and Health of the Ministry of Public Health.

Or:
NURSING ASSISTANT and Obstetric School, subordinate to the Department of Health and Medical Services of the Ministry of Public Health

Or:

NURSING ASSISTANT and Obstetric School, subordinate to the Ministry of Public Health's Department of Health and Medical Services

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Note added at 22 mins (2004-10-22 05:13:17 GMT)
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