Hyphenation question

[nq:1]I'm talking about small-scale inhomogeneities in a medium. Is it correct to hyphen small-scale? What are the rules for hyphenation in these cases? If they're too complex, can anybody point out a webpage with this information?[/nq]
Yes. You hyphenate a modifier if the words belong together as a single modifier. In your example the inhonogeneities are modified by the adjective "small-scale

[nq:1]I'm talking about small-scale inhomogeneities in a medium. Is it correct to hyphen small-scale? What are the rules for hyphenation in these cases? If they're too complex, can anybody point out a webpage with this information?[/nq]
Using Hyphens.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g

[nq:1]It always seemed to me that it would be more properly written "small-scaled", but that's another discussion.[/nq]
"Small-scale" is the noun phrase "small scale" used attributively (cf. "high-speed"). "Small-scaled" is (or would be) the result of adding the suffix -ed to the same noun phrase (cf. blue-eyed). The two constructions are equally grammatical, but idiom usually chooses one or t

Joe Fineman filted:
[nq:2]It always seemed to me that it would be more properly written "small-scaled", but that's another discussion.[/nq]
[nq:1]"Small-scale" is the noun phrase "small scale" used attributively (cf. "high-speed"). "Small-scaled" is (or would be) the result of adding ... but idiom usually chooses one or the other, and the one without -ed is usual when the expression is qua

[nq:1]I've always had trouble with what "large scale" and "small scale" mean in reference to maps...I'm juggling paradigms; does "large scale" mean themap is a relatively large one for the territory it covers, or that the map of agiven size represents a large territory?...[/nq]
A small-scale map shows a large area (such as the World) with little detail.

A large-scale map shows a small

[nq:1]I've always had trouble with what "large scale" and "small scale" mean in reference to maps... does "large scale" mean the map is a relatively large one for the territory it covers, or that the map of a given size represents a large territory?...[/nq]
The first meaning is correct.
[nq:1]Something similar must have happened with the designers of an editing system I once had to work wi

Mark Brader filted:
[nq:2]Something similar must have happened with the designers of an ... text raised and lowered to bring different parts into view...[/nq]
[nq:1]This is why I never refer to scrolling or paging "up" and "down", only "forward" and "back", and I always recommend that others do the same.[/nq]
I often take an opposite approach...rather than point at a computer screen wh

[nq:1]This is why I never refer to scrolling or paging "up" and "down", only "forward" and "back", and I always recommend that others do the same.[/nq]
But that could also be interpreted as going forward or back in the browsing tree... wouldn't it?
Fernando

Mark Brader:
[nq:2]This is why I never refer to scrolling or paging ... "back", and I always recommend that others do the same.[/nq]
Fernando G. del Cueto:
[nq:1]But that could also be interpreted as going forward or back in the browsing tree... wouldn't it?[/nq]
Scrolling and paging are movements within the same document (file, web page, etc.); for changing to another document I'd

[nq:1]A small-scale map shows a large area (such as the World) with little detail. A large-scale map shows a small area (such as Brooklyn) with much greater detail.[/nq]
Small? Brooklyn is the Fourth Largest City in America!