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Describes the standardized practices, grammar, and vocabulary for product data.
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Left-Handed vs. Left Handed #51

Closed mwmalinowski closed 10 years ago

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

I don't believe we have a standard in place. I'm opening this for anyone to propose whether or not we should use a hyphen between "Left" and "Handed"

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

In the new hospital catalog premium section we use "Left-Handed"

sklar-sherryp commented 10 years ago

For our use, hyphenated seems to be correct.

http://www.usingenglish.com/forum/threads/96931-right-hand-vs-right-hand

When used attributively, right hand is normally hyphenated: There's no sound coming out of the right-hand speaker. vs Chuck had a gun in his right hand.

sklar-sherryp commented 10 years ago

Should we specify that the "L" in "Left" and "H" in "Handed" should be capital letters? I'm thinking yes.

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

I try to use Title Case as much as possible

e.g.

However, in the fields Short Description and Description I'm more likely to use Sentence case because those fields are more likely to follow a paragraph format and incorporate existing marketing blurbs.

Admittedly, we should establish a rule regarding choice of letter case, but for the time being I recommend (as a rule of thumb) using Title Case for any phrase that is in our main attribute fields (i.e. fields other than Name, Short Description, and Description) regardless of what field that phrase is in.

To clarify: Angled (90 Degrees) uses Title Case because it's regularly used in our main attribute fields--therefore we should maintain Title Case for Angled (90 Degrees) even if it's in, say, Description.

We can use Sentence case for something like

Professional quality stainless steel utility scissors with a polished finish designed for everyday use.

because it never appear in our main attribute fields; it will only be in Description and/or Short Description.

mwmalinowski commented 10 years ago

I think this specific question has been sufficiently answered to close this issue. I've created a new issue to expand on the more general topic of when to capitalize.

See #55 for the full discussion