non-argument
English
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editEtymology
editNoun
editnon-argument (plural non-arguments)
- A flawed argument.
Usage notes
edit- The hyphenated form is about twice as common as the solid one in the British corpus and about the same in the American corpus of Google Ngram Viewer.[1] GPO manual item 6.29. recommends to spell non- prefixed words without a hyphen unless an overriding consideration applies.[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ non-argument, nonargument at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
Further reading
edit- “non-argument”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “nonargument”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “nonargument”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.