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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 (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | 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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(...) I good course of action. If I were at home, I would check to see if Fowlers has any comments too. (...) I agree with this analysis, but even if you didn't want to use the hyphen, I would suggest NON_SCHEDULED_PRODUCT if there is any chance (...) (23 years ago, 5-Jun-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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