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- Using non- to prefix a two-word phrase - English Language Usage . . .
25 Does "non-" prefixed to a two word phrase permit another hyphen before the second word? If I want to refer to an entity which is defined as the negation of another entity by attaching "non-" it seems strange to attach the "non-" only to the first word when the second one is really the word naming the entity For example, non-control freak
- hyphenation - Is the use of a hyphen between non and an adjective . . .
Except "non" is not an English word, it is a prefix of Latin origin Which is why American style manuals will always ask you to merge it with the subsequent word, without a hyphen British rules differ, and the "non-" construction is frequently found in the literature
- Are there other well-known examples of the type Illigitimi non . . .
2 Illegitimi non carborundum, mock-Latin for "don't let the bastards grind you down", dates to early WWII, and later in the war was adopted by Gen "Vinegar" Joe Stillwell as his motto For more, including variants, see Wikipedia Do users have any other well-known examples of this type: an English phrase translated into mock-Latin?
- When is it appropriate to use non-breaking spaces? [closed]
The usage of a non-breaking space is explained in a Wikipedia article under Non-breaking spaces and Controlling line breaks and below in items 1 and 5: It is advisable to use a non-breaking space (also known as a hard space) to prevent the end-of-line displacement of elements that would be awkward at the beginning of a new line: in expressions in which figures and abbreviations (or symbols
- Non-offensive substitute for a swear word - English Language Usage . . .
What term describes a non-offensive substitute for a swear word? For example, Battlestar Galactica used frack instead of fuck Another example is the use of snap instead of shit I think I may h
- Whats the origin of the saying, Theres no accounting for taste?
It's an English adaptation of a Latin saying: De gustibus non est disputandum Meaning literally regarding taste, there is no dispute The phrase seems to be of medieval origin The origin is accepted as Scholastic writings because of the grammar, which is atypical A more faithful Latin rendering of the phrase might be: De gustatibus non disputandum There's some uncertainty about whether
- Is non-life-threatening punctuated correctly with two hyphens?
The bound morpheme non is the negator for life-threatening here, so 'life-threatening' is more coherent This does not come across with nonlife-threatening, which would seem to imply a threat to non-life Leaving non stranded doesn't work either as it is a bound morpheme, a prefix not a word (in English) I'd use the two hyphens
- word choice - untypical, atypical, nontypical - English Language . . .
Atypical is by far the most common of the three, as confirmed in a Google Ngram search, so that would be my suggestion Untypical is apparently most often used in the phrase "not untypical" Another Google Ngram search supports this Nontypical, and with a hyphen non-typical, are hardly used at all I cannot find an entry for either in any popular online dictionary
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