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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
- 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
- punctuation - Using the ex prefix on a multiple word subject . . .
"ex-school" seems awkward It looks as if he is a bus driver for ex-schools "ex" by itself (no hyphen) doesn't seem right either Is it? "ex-Fish" just sounds ridiculous Is this correct usage? Can each part be hyphenated, or the hyphen dropped altogether? Is there another way to make this more clear while still keeping the "ex" prefix?
- Addressing a former office-holder by that offices title
An ex-ambassador is not Ambassador Anybody However, these days, no one pays attention to such niceties, which means that everybody pretty much gets called whatever Just ask them how they wish to be addressed; that guarantees that you won't address them in a way contrary to their own preferences
- grammar - English Language Learners Stack Exchange
ex — Could it be that the wind banged the door shut? — This can become a possibility only if there was a sufficiently strong wind that day, and if the corridor pulls in strong enough draughts — (After two phone calls) This can be possible: it was windy and the caretaker confirms that the wind in the corridor can at times bang the doors
- etymology - Why e. g. and not f. e. ? Why i. e. and not t. i . . .
"i e " is an abbreviation of the Latin words id est, which mean "that is" "e g " is an abbreviation for the Latin words exempli gratia, which mean "for the sake of example" There's nothing wrong with "f e (For Example)" and "t i (That is)", but because of Latin's influence on English language, we've been using these abbreviations the way they are PS: You can read more about the correct
- Using the words post facto - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Post facto" is almost always part of "ex post facto" "Post hoc" is currently about as common in Ngrams, but more common in Google search results In this case "after-the-fact" approval works well, too
- 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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