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- etymology - What is the origin of ex? - English Language Usage . . .
Ex-wife, ex-boyfriend Does ex have a full form? Google dictionary has this information about the origin of ex: But what is the origin of the usage as a prefix in the words like ex-wife, ex-boyfri
- How to write a plural form of ex (ex girlfriend. . etc)
ex (n ) is a casualism in the sense of a former spouse or lover The plural of ex is exes, and the possessive is ex's — but be aware that many readers will find these forms odd-looking
- Whats the difference between ex- and former [closed]
Conversationally, I agree that ex-wife seems much more common that former wife In writing, though, the use of former doesn't seem so rare Here's an interesting Ngram
- Whats the difference between e. g. and ex. ? [closed]
E g is short for exempli gratia, and is in common use to introduce an example within a sentence Submit a sample of academic writing, e g , a dissertation chapter However, some authors use ex
- Is there an equivalent to née (birth name) for an *ex*-spousal name?
EX is also interesting because 1) Someone's ex is the person they used to be married to or used to have a romantic or sexual relationship with and 2) ex- as a prefix is added to nouns to show that someone or something is no longer the thing referred to by that noun For example
- Do you capitalize both parts of a hyphenated word in a title?
Given the huge difference between how likely people are to capitalise the second component in Ex-wife compared to Co-Founder, I think choose a rule and be consistent with it is terrible advice Whichever rule you choose and stick to, you'll be swimming against the linguistic tide with much of your text!
- abbreviations - What does ext. mean in telephone number? - English . . .
People sometimes give me phone number like (XXX) XXX XXXX ext XXX I was wondering what does this 'ext XXX' mean?
- Is there a rule for the correct pronunciation of words starting with ex?
I was thinking that this sort of anticipatory assimilation in which the voicing from the vowel following the ks makes the gz, also applies when the following sound is a voiced consonant, but it turns out there are too few examples of those to get a good feel for it: ex-directory, exgenerated, exgurgitation, ex-meridian, ex-vaccine, ex-votive
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