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- 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
- Using non- to prefix a two-word phrase - English Language Usage . . .
24 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
- prefixes - When is the prefix non- used vs un-? - English Language . . .
"Non-" is defined as "a prefix meaning 'not,' freely used as an English formative, usually with a simple negative force as implying mere negation or absence of something (rather than the opposite or reverse of it, as often expressed by un-)
- No, not, and non - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
At the linguistics conference, there were no not non- native speakers of Esperanto They're all grammatically "valid", but they all mean different things - and pragmatically idiomatically, only the no version is likely to be used
- single word requests - Alternative for manning a station - English . . .
Is there a non-gendered term for manning a station, as in manning the desk? The only ideas I can come up with are "stationed at" the desk or other clunky things Finding the right gerund would make
- phrase requests - Gender-neutral Jane Doe John Doe - English . . .
Is there a gender-neutral alternative to "Jane Doe" "John Doe"? I would like to provide an example of signed form, but how to avoid using gender when it comes to names? Is there some widely-used
- What is the difference between unfeasible and infeasible?
Both "unfeasible" and "infeasible" are words according to spell-check, and they appear have similar dictionary definitions But what is the difference between the two words? Is one more acceptable
- What is the difference between sapience and sophonce?
In fiction such as Star Wars, this is further mangled into a distinction between "non-sentient" or "sub-sentient," "semi-sentient" and "fully sentient " Initially I thought the sentient, sapient and sophont distinction was just a semantically correct version of the Star Wars -style of terminology
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