Found it! (Re mild to moderate hyphen question)

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Here's the email between moi and AAMT:

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Ask the AAMT Help Desk

Name: Gayla " Rennie " Bly

Email: rennie@...

Question: Should there be hyphens in words that express ranges, such

as:

The patient underwent a right femoral to above the knee popliteal artery

bypass grafting.

I would hyphen it this way:

The patient underwent a right femoral to above-the-knee popliteal artery

bypass grafting.

Some MTs are saying it should be:

The patient underwent a right femoral-to-above-the-knee popliteal artery

bypass grafting.

The question is whether to use more hyphens. This is an issue we are

discussing on one of our MT email lists. My stance is that we don't

hyphen (text) ranges. Like:

mild to moderate effusion

I would NOT hyphen it because it is a range.

Thanks!

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Thanks a lot!

Deepika.

> Here's the email between moi and AAMT:

>

> (Read bottom to top)

>

> Ask the AAMT Help Desk

>

> Name: Gayla " Rennie " Bly

>

> Email: rennie@h...

>

> Question: Should there be hyphens in words that express ranges,

such

> as:

>

> The patient underwent a right femoral to above the knee popliteal

artery

> bypass grafting.

>

> I would hyphen it this way:

>

> The patient underwent a right femoral to above-the-knee popliteal

artery

> bypass grafting.

>

> Some MTs are saying it should be:

>

> The patient underwent a right femoral-to-above-the-knee popliteal

artery

> bypass grafting.

>

> The question is whether to use more hyphens. This is an issue we

are

> discussing on one of our MT email lists. My stance is that we don't

> hyphen (text) ranges. Like:

>

> mild to moderate effusion

>

> I would NOT hyphen it because it is a range.

>

> Thanks!