Re: A note on "non" and "non-"

On 22 Apr 2009, at 12:24, Antoine Zimmermann wrote:

> The use of prefix "non" or "non-" is very inconsistent in almost  
> all documents. Both forms are often used within the same document  
> for the same word (e.g., "nonnegative" and "non-negative").
>
> I can see 4 options:
> 1) use the same form for all terms (i.e., always use "non-" or  
> always use "non");

This isn't possible unless you adopt the hyphen only (and there I'd  
be suspicious)
for example:

[snip]

> Sect.7.3, End of the Proof of the Balancing Lemma:
>  "every non-built-in IRI"

nonbuilt-in would be *wrong*. (Since the rules for hypenated phrases  
take over.)

Otherwise, I don't care.

Cheers,
Bijan.

Received on Wednesday, 22 April 2009 11:36:30 UTC