terminology Q

Subject: terminology Q
From: Brenda Reynolds <brendar -at- alerton -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 11:34:43 -0700

Hi All,

I need your insight on these words and whether adding en dashes is correct.
The MS Manual of Style basically says that an en dash, not a hyphen, should
be used for compound adjectives.

Here they are: low color depth monitor

"Low color depth" seems like a compound adjective to me, and together they
modify "monitor." So would it be "low-color-depth monitor" or "low-color
depth monitor?" The former seems right to me .....

TIA,
Brenda Reynolds
Technical Writer

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