Style Question

[mmamsden]

I'm writing an article and I can't seem to remember which is the correct way:
4 foot-wide
4 foot wide
4-foot wide
4-foot-wide
Thanks!

[wilfriedvoss]

I would go with "four foot wide".

Wilfried
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[Ron]

Often style manuals say to spell number at ten or below.
Is it four wide - no;
Is it feet wide - no;
therefore, it is four-feet wide.

[Daniel]

Often style manuals say to spell number at ten or below.
Is it four wide - no;
Is it feet wide - no;
therefore, it is four-feet wide.

Yep, I would go with four-feet wide too.

[Maeve]

Often style manuals say to spell number at ten or below.
Is it four wide - no;
Is it feet wide - no;
therefore, it is four-feet wide.

I'm afraid I have to be a dissenting voice here and say I'd go with "it is four feet wide."

Here's an example from the Chicago Manual of Style:

She is five feet nine (or, more colloquially, five foot nine).