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- Using non- to prefix a two-word phrase - English Language Usage . . .
Note also that most North American publishers use a hyphen after non only when it precedes a capital letter, so non-British and non-European, but nonbeliever and even nonnative British publishers are much more apt to hyphenate all non-compounds no matter the following latter, so non-believer and non-native Just don’t hyphenate nonchalant :)
- No, not, and non - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Not is a negative adverb; no is a negative quantifier; non- is a negative prefix Since negation is so important, thousands of idioms use each of these, among other negatives Consequently there are lots of exceptions to the general rules below Non- is not a word, but a part of another word, usually a descriptive adjective:
- 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
- prefixes - When is the prefix non- used vs un-? - English Language . . .
Logically, then, "non-dead" might mean something like "not having died" (true of rocks and living people), and "undead" might mean "living " But word constructions don't always make sense "Non-dead" isn't a word and "undead" means non-living and supernaturally animated Go figure
- hyphenation - nonexistent, non-existent or non existent? - English . . .
BrE: Non-existent used to be British spelling, but a couple of years back they did away with the hyphens of 16,000 hyphenated words AmE: the answer above is the valid answer, just one word: nonexistent The American Heritage Dictionary 5th Ed confirms this So it appears the Standard Usage in both side of the Atlantic is one unhyphenated word
- no not - Non-significant or not significant variable? - English . . .
It depends on the position of the adjective: You have to say "this is a non-significant variable," but you can say "this variable is not significant" or " non-significant" (There may be a better technical term; if there is, hopefully somebody will give it in an answer ) –
- What is the difference between unfeasible and infeasible?
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- Is there a secular, non vulgar alternative to for heavens sake?
The phrase's origins are non-secular (the blessing is to ward out the Devil, who was said to be able to enter the body during a sneeze) but today it is just accepted as a common courtesy And I don't think most people associate For Pete's sake as a reference to Saint Peter, but rather as a secular alternative to For Heaven's sake
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