Using "non-" to prefix a two-word phrase - English Language
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-" …
No, not, and non - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Oct 1, 2015 · 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 …
phrase requests - Alternative names for a non-religious, …
Mar 6, 2017 · Alternative names for a non-religious, anonymous game of "Secret Santa" Ask Question Asked 8 years, 9 months ago Modified 1 year, 6 months ago
hyphenation - Is the use of a hyphen between "non" and an …
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 …
phrase requests - Non-ableist alternative to "blind spot" - English ...
Mar 15, 2021 · The phrase "blind spot" has been called ableist. For someone looking to avoid it, what are some good alternatives? Sample sentences: We need to be aware of our …
prefixes - When is the prefix non- used vs un-? - English Language ...
Oct 5, 2015 · "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 …
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 …
hyphenation - nonexistent, non-existent or non existent? - English ...
Apr 2, 2015 · 10 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 …
orthography - Non-existing or nonexisting - English Language
What is correct in English, non-existing or nonexisting? Searching sources on Google doesn't help much as both variants are widely present there. Onelook Dictionary Search doesn't show …
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, …