hyphenation
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.
Using "non-" to prefix a two-word phrase
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-"
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
compounds
To record and summarize the discussion in the comments, while the OED mostly uses the hyphen, many other dictionaries don''t, and the ngrams show higher non-hyphenated usage
word usage
Non-Official: Outside official knowledge. Normally when I want to point something that is outside the approval of the company or a government or any entity (for instance, non-official
No, not, and non
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
Use of the prefix "non-" on compound words [duplicate]
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 "
no not
I am writing a statistics text and I am not sure if I should either use "non-significant variables" or "not significant variables" (or anything else).
prefixes
"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
meaning
Non-repudiable exists, in generic/ broader legal usage corresponding to non-repudiation. non-repudiation (Wikipedia) Non-repudiation refers to a state of affairs where the