[Framers] Grammar Question

Doug dbailey4117 at gmail.com
Mon Apr 29 10:36:36 PDT 2019


I can accept compliant, but since complaint modifies RS-485 (doesn't it?)
then a hyphen is required linking the two.  And we're back to square one.
Or am I remembering my grammar wrong?

On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:43 AM Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

> I didn't look to see if RS-485 was a standard. If it is, then "compliant"
> is definitely a better choice.
>
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:39 AM Art Campbell <art.campbell at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Second Lin's wording, but I would use "compliant" instead of "enabled"
> > because "enabled" in this context is over the line into jargon.
> >
> > Art Campbell
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> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 9:06 AM Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > This cable connects to devices that are RS-485 enabled.
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 7:57 AM Doug <dbailey4117 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > In the sentence below regarding RS-485 technology, I really don't
> want
> > to
> > > > use consecutive hyphens.  Can you suggest a decent alternative?
> Thanks
> > > in
> > > > advance.
> > > >
> > > > This cable connects to RS-485-enabled devices.
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