Example:
 
 WRITE:  Adjust the door-operating rod until it is aligned with the point to which it is attached.
 NOT:  Adjust to obtain door operating rod alignment with the attachment point.

 
 Example:
 
 WRITE:  The exhaust gas from the engine mixes with ventilation air from the APU enclosure to decrease the exhaust temperature.
 NOT:  Engine exhaust gas cooling is accomplished by mixing it with APU enclosure ventilation air.

 
 RULE: 2.2 Clarify noun clusters that are Technical Names with one of these two methods:
 
      Use hyphens to show the relationship between the most closely related words.
 
      Explain the noun cluster. Then, if possible, use a shorter name after the initial explanation.
 
 Technical Names will frequently be too long, and if they are a company's official nomenclature (refer to Writing Rule 1.7), it will not be possible to rearrange the words. In such cases, there are two methods that you can use to help your reader.
 
UMethod 1U: Use hyphens to show the relationship between the most closely related words.
 
 Example:
 
 WRITE:  Main landing-gear water-spray deflector
    ("landing gear" and "water spray" are logical pairs and can each stand alone)
 NOT:  Main-landing gear-water spray deflector
    ("main landing" and "gear water" could perhaps stand alone, but in this example, they would not be logical pairs)

 
 Example:
 
 WRITE:  Main-gear inboard-door retraction-winch handle
 NOT:  Main gear inboard door retraction winch handle

 
 NOTE: Do not put hyphens between all the words in a noun cluster. Hyphens between all of the words will not help comprehensibility. Each hyphenated word pair must be able to stand alone and must form a logical word pair ("landing-gear", "main-switch").
 
 Example:
 
 WRITE:  Landing-light cutoff-switch power connection
 NOT:  Landing light cutoff switch power connection

 
UMethod 2U: Explain the noun cluster, then, if possible, use a shorter name.