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Hyphenate? 3/4 inch skin incision? - Crush
Posted: May 19, 2010
Blood loss was essentially nil as the procedure was done through a 3/4 inch skin incision.
Should it be 3/4-inch skin incision?
Thank you.
yes, we put hyphens in - unless it is metric nm
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According to BOS... - qCMT
[ In Reply To ..]According to BOS 3rd edition, no hyphens should be used to connect numbers to units of measure (metric or otherwise), as they are not considered adjectives and therefore not used to modify the noun, or something along those lines :-)
Hope this helps!
Would the rule from BOS 3rd edition - - Crush
[ In Reply To ..]Use numerals for fractional measurements forming compound modifiers preceding a noun. P. 244
Would this rule apply in the situation?
So, according to BOS, we could have something like: - SM
[ In Reply To ..]The patient had 3 3/4 inch lesions.
Oh, yes, much clearer than 3 3/4-inch lesions
The BOS has gotten to be the book of s#!+
Note, this is not aimed at qCMT, but the BOS' ridiculous fast and loose rules of BASIC PUNCTUATION/GRAMMAR.
you should ask your QA person - momof2
[ In Reply To ..]According to BOS 3rd no, but the company that I work for insists on it.
Yes - hyphenated is correct - 3/4-inch
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Thanks everybody! - Crush
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