- Using non- to prefix a two-word phrase - English Language Usage . . .
Note also that most North American publishers use a hyphen after non only when it precedes a capital letter, so non-British and non-European, but nonbeliever and even nonnative British publishers are much more apt to hyphenate all non-compounds no matter the following latter, so non-believer and non-native Just don’t hyphenate nonchalant :)
- No, not, and non - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Not is a negative adverb; no is a negative quantifier; non- is a negative prefix Since negation is so important, thousands of idioms use each of these, among other negatives Consequently there are lots of exceptions to the general rules below Non- is not a word, but a part of another word, usually a descriptive adjective:
- prefixes - When is the prefix non- used vs un-? - English Language . . .
Logically, then, "non-dead" might mean something like "not having died" (true of rocks and living people), and "undead" might mean "living " But word constructions don't always make sense "Non-dead" isn't a word and "undead" means non-living and supernaturally animated Go figure
- no not - Non-significant or not significant variable? - English . . .
It depends on the position of the adjective: You have to say "this is a non-significant variable," but you can say "this variable is not significant" or " non-significant" (There may be a better technical term; if there is, hopefully somebody will give it in an answer ) –
- hyphenation - Is the use of a hyphen between non and an adjective . . .
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 rules differ, and the "non-" construction is frequently found in the literature
- Whats a word to describe something that is non-English?
Or if you want to be even more clear (and are OK with something longer), non-English-language films Both are used and mean the same thing (films not in the English language) "Non-English films": Best non-English films - IMDb; 3 Non-English Films That Will Make You Forget You're Reading Subs
- Is there a better phrase that means non-zero–sum game?
You used the dash in the wrong place: what you have written is a (non-zero)–sum game, which makes no sense When you start with a hyphenated word, like zero-sum, than to make another hyphenated compound, this time you use an en dash, making it a non–zero-sum game I might be tempted to create an open compound, but non doesn’t stand alone
- Is Jack of all trades, master of none really just a part of a longer . . .
Then the single-statement version was coined But now, most people recognise (and, I'd say, use) the slightly longer expression which is now equally 'a proverb' Not the original, but hardly fake If fake were taken to be a synonym of 'non-original', wouldn't all of Late Modern English (our present-day language) be 'fake'? –
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