When is it appropriate to use non-breaking spaces? [closed]
The usage of a non-breaking space is explained in a Wikipedia article under Non-breaking spaces and Controlling line breaks and below in items 1 and 5: It is advisable to use a non-breaking …
Using "non-" to prefix a two-word phrase - English Language
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-" …
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 …
Non-offensive substitute for a swear word - English Language
What term describes a non-offensive substitute for a swear word? For example, Battlestar Galactica used frack instead of fuck. Another example is the use of snap instead of shit. I think …
Is "non-life-threatening" punctuated correctly with two hyphens?
The bound morpheme non is the negator for life-threatening here, so 'life-threatening' is more coherent. This does not come across with nonlife-threatening, which would seem to imply a …
What's the origin of the saying, "There's no accounting for taste"?
The phrase seems to be of medieval origin. The origin is accepted as Scholastic writings because of the grammar, which is atypical. A more faithful Latin rendering of the phrase might be: De …
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". …
orthography - Nonstop, non-stop, or non stop? - English …
non: nonviolent, nonevent, nonnegotiable, but non-beer-drinking Other style guides differ, and of course personal preferences are all over the map; but the coverage in Oxford and Chicago …
What does the term "nonrecourse deduction" mean?
Non-recourse deductions are deductions related to non-recourse debt. For example, if the asset you're using to collateralize the non-recourse loan depreciates over time, that depreciation …
compounds - Dash after the prefix "non" - English Language
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 …