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  1. No, not, and non - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    Oct 1, 2015 · 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 …

  2. 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-" …

  3. 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 …

  4. prefixes - When is the prefix non- used vs un-? - English Language ...

    Oct 5, 2015 · "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 …

  5. Non-religious word for "blessed" - English Language & Usage …

    Mar 24, 2015 · Given current usage, I very much doubt blessed is strictly considered religious (whatever that might mean). A similar word is thankful, which is rarely ever ascribed to any …

  6. What is the difference between sapience and sophonce?

    Jun 5, 2018 · In fiction such as Star Wars, this is further mangled into a distinction between "non-sentient" or "sub-sentient," "semi-sentient" and "fully sentient." Initially I thought the sentient, …

  7. Use of the prefix "non-" on compound words [duplicate]

    Nov 22, 2019 · 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 " …

  8. word choice - untypical, atypical, nontypical - English Language ...

    Atypical is by far the most common of the three, as confirmed in a Google Ngram search, so that would be my suggestion. Untypical is apparently most often used in the phrase "not untypical". …

  9. What is the difference between "unfeasible" and "infeasible"?

    Nov 9, 2014 · 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? …

  10. Is 'Updation' a correct word? - English Language & Usage Stack …

    May 18, 2012 · Explore related questions is-it-a-word subcontinental-english non-standard See similar questions with these tags.

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