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Question about English: use of non and not.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 5 Jun 2001 12:34:00 GMT
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Hi,
I'm a brazilian and I'm working in a project of despatch scheduling of
vehicles ( rail or road ) of plant industries.
We have made some data base tables and when we created one about the
products not scheduled we called it NOT_SCHEDULED_PRODUCT. After we realize
that NON_SCHEDULED_PRODUCT sounds better, but we don't know why.
Is there any rule that defines when I use NOT and when I use NON?
thanks,
zanette.
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Message has 1 Reply: ![](/news/x.gif) | | Re: Question about English: use of non and not.
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| (...) In all cases like this I turn to the Oxford Dictionary and Usage Guide to the English language and it says: Non- (prefix) not. Therefore 'Non' is not a word in itself and must be prefixed with a hyphen so if you prefer 'non' you should name (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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