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Where, if at all, would you hyphenate this - sm
Posted: Feb 09, 2011
...failure to place the patient in a left side down position to avoid injury
" left side down " is my question - the rest is just for context.
Thank you.
hyphen - deb
[ In Reply To ..]I would type it left-side-down position.
agree - left-side-down position
[ In Reply To ..].
Hyphenate - Kelly
[ In Reply To ..]I would type it "left-side down".
Hyphenate - Lisa Dedmon
[ In Reply To ..]I would hyphenate as left-side-down position.
Hyphenating - MT
[ In Reply To ..]Since you are describing the position, you would hyphenate left-side-down position. SO, since you're not describing the word "down" I would not hyphenate as left-side down position.
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