{"id":38439,"date":"2025-11-27T15:32:33","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T15:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apps.ibscr.com\/kiosko\/?p=38439"},"modified":"2025-11-28T09:04:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T09:04:43","slug":"prefixes-when-is-the-prefix-non-used-vs-un-english-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apps.ibscr.com\/kiosko\/index.php\/2025\/11\/27\/prefixes-when-is-the-prefix-non-used-vs-un-english-87\/","title":{"rendered":"prefixes When is the prefix non- used vs un-? English Language & Usage Stack Exchange"},"content":{"rendered":"

But there are probably lots of compound adjectives in mathematics you don’t want to put a non- in front of; treat each case separately. “Un-” is defined as “a prefix meaning ‘not,’ freely used as an English formative, giving negative or opposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns… and less freely used in certain other nouns.” Edit.- My question is not on whether or not to use double hyphens, the question is on how to make clear the scope of the negation of the prefix “non-“. An example could be “finitely generated” which, by the way, is an absolutely standard adjective in mathematics.<\/p>\n