Which, stylistically, looks best to you? My choices are bolded. mid-to-upper 50s / mid- to upper 50s / mid to upper 50s **** 'mid- to upper 50s' looks weird with that dangling hyphen, huh? And... which looks the better of the two? Temps are expected in the low-to-mid-50s. Temps are expected in the low to mid-50s. Thank you.
i would next to never choose to dangle a hyphen... in editing, i'd allow either of the last 2 examples...
I'd most likely use the first ("low-to-mid-50s"), but either works. (Not with the dangling hyphen, though)
So, to condense, these are good, right? My choices are underlined in blue font. mid-to-upper 50s mid to upper 50s low-to-mid-50s low to mid-50s
caveat: it would depend on where used... if used as an adjective, the whole thing would have to be hyphenated, as it serves in place of a single-word adjective... as in: The low-to-mid-50s weather was unusual for spring months, in that latitude.
And when using it as "During the low to mid 50s, it was popular with [...]", would it be correct to hyphenate as "low-to-mid-50s", "low-to-mid 50s" or not use hyphens at all?
