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Robin Davidson asked about "Developing a style guide" and "The term that is driving me nuts is point of sale. I've seen it written as:
point of sale
point-of-sale
Point of Sale
Point-of-Sale"
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Robin:
I think that "point of sale" is one of those terms that is in transition between being a word phrase and a compound word. As such, it is separate words in a phrase when it is a noun, and hyphenated when it is an adjective:
Noun example: We need to serve our customers better, both at the point of sale and afterward.
Adjective example: The new store needed more point-of-sale cashiers. There were long lines at every register.
My company tends to abbreviate it to POS. That's another way of avoiding the consistency problem.
Margaret Cekis, Johns Creek GA
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