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Re: Question about English: use of non and not.
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Tue, 5 Jun 2001 12:54:55 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ildefonso Junior Zanette writes:
> 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?
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> thanks,
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> zanette.
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 the table NON-SCHEDULED_PRODUCT.
They both mean the same thing which is that the product has been considered
and it has been decided not to schedule it. If you mean that the decision
whether to schedule it or not is yet to be taken you should use
UNSCHEDULED_PRODUCT.
Americans (or even other English people) may feel differently but I think
this is the correct interpretation.
Psi
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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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