The phrase 'minus to' is not correct or usable in standard written English.
It is not used in any context.
Minus: To the N.H.L. for an inflexible roster rule.
Is it a plus or a minus to be farther away from Silicon Valley? A. We're closer!
As it cut the rating from AA minus to A plus, however, the agency said the bank's creditworthiness was weakening in comparison with its peers.
Last week, Standard & Poor's cut its rating on Southwest from A minus to BBB plus, still the best among the carriers.
What possible upsides could a cigarette firm or a coal-fired power producer have that would swing their overall dial from a minus to a plus?
Add two parents for every student, and the halls were like subway cars in Tokyo during rush hour, except in Tokyo people have more than two minutes to get from Point A to Point B, or in my case from Point B minus to Point C plus.
Earlier this month, Standard & Poor's upgraded its credit rating from B-minus to B-plus.
(The bonds for the plant went from A-minus to D).
Upgrading from a B-minus to a B, or cranking out the last five pages of a grant proposal, may be more productive in a quantitative sense, but as several interviewees noted in your story, this is not how the élites in each field tend to view success.
In the recent surveys, riders gave the No. 7 line an overall grade of C-minus, and the L riders gave their line a C. Mr. Roberts said that he would be satisfied at the beginning to see a line improving from a C-minus to a C. The new managers will be backed up with money and manpower.
There are pluses and minuses to this.
