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 pragmatically / idiomatically, …

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-" it seems …

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 (rather than the …

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 …

Jan 17, 2025 · The comments on the video suggested that both Black and non-Black people found it funny, but I'm unsure how widely acceptable this type of humor is. In real life, are there any …

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 " adjective1 adjective2 ". …

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 than hyphenated.

Mar 12, 2011 · The technical name for non-italic fonts is roman or romanized, so this is probably your best choice from the options you've given. I would avoid calling it upright.

Nov 7, 2023 · in that example is the entire sentence and English, like many other non-tonal language, does have sentence-level tones. Another example is questions have a rising pitch. There are a …

Feb 2, 2021 · When I make task lists, some tasks are important, some tasks are urgent, and some are neither. I need a word to describe tasks that are not urgent, not so important, but can't be ignored …