Retriable or retryable? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange
Feb 9, 2016 · The caveat should be enough to discourage other non-referenced answers; people have a habit of citing less than optimal 'answers' as precedents for their own answers if they're …
non native english - Expressions that are not words, but sounds ...
5 Perhaps non-verbal interjection? There are a number of expressions in American English that approximate a not-quite-verbal expression for disapproval. tsk-tsk (when expressed as a a …
Hyphens after the prefixes “non-” and “anti-” in mathematics
Is there a convention when to attach the prefixes non- and anti- to mathematical terms using a hyphen and when without? One uses non-zero but also noncommutative. Likewise for anti-. I …
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 …
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-" …
The line between inappropriate and acceptable use of the n-word …
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 …
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 …
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". …
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 …