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[Polarlomvi]

Hi!

Can someone please tell me as quick as possible whether the sentence below is right?

"the relationship between the size of morphological traits and anti-helminths treatment and pollutants, respectively, were assessed (...)"

Am really stuck right now...

Tanks!

[Alan]

Hi,

'Respectively' usually has the sense of 'in that iorder.'

Alan
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[Polarlomvi]

Hi Alan!

Wow, that was quick!
Hmm, ok, but what I am trying to write is that the realtionship between morphological traits and treatment, and morphological traits and pollutant concentrations was assessed. Dont get that in a good sentence. Any ideas?

[Polarlomvi]

Is it maybe better to write:

"The relationships between anti-helminth treatment and pollutant concentrations, respectively, and the size of morphological traits were assessed using statistical models"

I really dont know. And I need that until tonight as I have to deliver my thesis :-(

Hope someone has a concrete idea...

[Marilynjean]

No need for respectively.

Better to say,

The study assessed the relationships between the size of the morphological traits, the anti-helminths treatment, and the pollutants.

Best to avoid passive voice if possible.

Use respectively like this:

The relationships between the size of the morphological traits, the anti-helminths treatment, and the pollutants were 1:1:2, 2:2:4, and 3:3:1, respectively.