Re: 50-ohm or 50 ohm--prof. style guides

[Dan Voss <Daniel_W_Voss -at- CCMAIL -dot- ORL -dot- MMC -dot- COM>]

Date: Fri, 11 Aug 1995 17:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: 13718westr -at- kcpbldg01 -dot- bv -dot- com
Subject: Re: 50-ohm or 50 ohm--prof. style guides
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Conan Counter-Rebuts Kayla*:
    That's conSensus!
-Conan
p.s.  Point well taken on even grammar books disagreeing.
*Sounds like either a new film or a pro wrestling promo!

Conan says...
The 50-ohm discussion has been interesting, but I really don't see where the
hyphen is even remotely negotiable.  Any standard Freshman Composition
textbook
(e.g., the venerable Harbrace) would clearly identify this example as a 14-
carat unit modifier, which MUST take a hyphen.  Period.  End of discussion.
 --Conan the Grammarian
________________

Dear Conan--

Whenever you use the absolute, prepare for the rebuttal! <G>

<Former English teacher climbs up on soapbox>
Pick up ten comp. books, you can probably find at least three "right" ways
to do something.  And, as we become more and more global, the odds of
finding a concensus on any editing issue becomes nearly (note qualifier)
impossible.
<jumping off box>

Which is why, when faced with a question like the hyphen issue, we pick the
majority usage and use it consistently.    Works for us, and makes the
project manager happy.

Kayla Westra
Black & Veatch
westrakl -at- bv -dot- com

"Illa est causa mea, et ad eam haeso."
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!