RE: [stclwrsig-l] Developing a style guide

Subject: RE: [stclwrsig-l] Developing a style guide
From: "Cardimon, Craig" <ccardimon -at- M-S-G -dot- com>
To: 'Dan Goldstein' <DGoldstein -at- riveraintech -dot- com>, "'techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com'" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:04:32 +0000

I would go with POS, too. I've seen it often.

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Sent: jeudi 19 janvier 2012 15:04
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Subject: RE: [stclwrsig-l] Developing a style guide

Yes, I have frequently seen "POS" used as an adjective when describing software.


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From: Margaret Cekis
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 3:00 PM
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Subject: Re: [stclwrsig-l] Developing a style guide

...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.




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Re: [stclwrsig-l] Developing a style guide: From: Margaret Cekis
RE: [stclwrsig-l] Developing a style guide: From: Dan Goldstein

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