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Subject:hyphens and symbols From:Diane Williams <DWILLIAM -at- WALCOFF -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 11 Aug 1995 11:54:40 -0500
I bump numbers and symbols (closed with no space) as unit modifiers. I
think 50@ [for omega] like 50% is the accepted and more reader-friendly
term than 50- -at- -dot- If you have a 50-ohm resistor, then I would use the
hyphen. But a 50@ resistor (using the ohm symbol), I would bump.
Diane Williams
Technical Editing Guru
dwilliam -at- walcoff -dot- com
