Using "non-" to prefix a two-word phrase - English Language
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-" …
No, not, and non - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
2015年10月1日 · 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 …
prefixes - When is the prefix non- used vs un-? - English Language ...
2015年10月5日 · "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 …
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 …
What is the difference between "unfeasible" and "infeasible"?
2014年11月9日 · 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 "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 …
meaning - Non-repudiable vs non-refutable vs non-reputable in …
2015年2月27日 · There seem to be three terms used by experts in the field: non-repudiable, non-refutable, and non-reputable I'm inclined to think that non-repudiable is the most correct; …
Are "unestimated" and/or "non-estimated" correct English?
Non-estimated may be syntactically correct but also doesn't really make much sense. If you are referring to a industry specific term then potentially anything can be used despite being outside …
"None of us is" vs "None of us are", Which is Correct?
2018年7月18日 · That is a good point -- 'not' is an adverb, but when it is morphed onto 'one' in 'none' it no longer affects the verb. You can either choose its plurality to be ambiguous "there …
Use of the prefix "non-" on compound words [duplicate]
2019年11月22日 · What is the correct way to apply the prefix "non-" to negate a (maybe dashed) compound adjective? Suppose that we want to negate a generic compound adjective " …