hyphenation - nonexistent, non-existent or non existent? - English ...
Apr 2, 2015 · BrE: Non-existent used to be British spelling, but a couple of years back they did away with the hyphens of 16,000 hyphenated words. AmE: the answer above is the valid answer, just one …
orthography - Non-existing or nonexisting - English Language
Oxford Dictionaries has an entry for "non-existing", defined as "non-existent". But "nonexisting" and "non-existing" are both absent from some other major online dictionaries such as Merriam-Webster …
Using "non-" to prefix a two-word phrase - English Language & Usage ...
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 se...
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 …
How to properly say that a given day/date does not exist?
The specified date is invalid is perfect. IF you are going to add the follow-on sentence it should be "It refers to a non-existent day." but I think your first sentence is fine all by itself.
meaning - What are the historic definitions of the word dragon ...
Today, the term dragon is universally used for mythical, non-existent creatures that resemble dinosaurs in some ways. I thought I heard once from someone quoting a dictionary from 1600 something th...
Is there idiom for searching something that might not exists?
Aug 2, 2018 · 0 Hunting the Snark This is the title of a Lewis Carroll poem, referencing a non-existent animal, the hunt for which must be fruitless.
What are other ways to say "virtually impossible"?
Aug 31, 2012 · The connotation of pretty much any adverb applied to "impossible" is that there is a known circumstance or set of events that would produce the "impossibility", but that those …
word choice - untypical, atypical, nontypical - English Language ...
There is also a 3rd choice with the same meaning, which will be discussed below. 1. atypical Atypical is the most common of these choices. However, it is used mostly in formal language about medical …
meaning - Difference between "mythical" and "mythological" - English ...
May 17, 2012 · So, are you saying both, mythical and mythological, creature are non-existent but we cannot prove that they never existed. So, where's the difference?