Digitimes is reporting that component making companies in Taiwan are estimating that non Apple iPad Tablets are looking to ship out close to 20 to 30 million units in 2011. 2011 will surely prove that ... Good e-Reader: Non-iPad Global Tablet PC Shipments estimated at 30 million for 2011 25 Does "non-" prefixed to a two word phrase permit another hyphen before the second word?
If I want to refer to an entity which is defined as the negation of another entity by attaching "non-" it seems strange to attach the "non-" only to the first word when the second one is really the word naming the entity. For example, non-control freak Using "non-" to prefix a two-word phrase - English Language & Usage ... "Non-" is defined as "a prefix meaning 'not,' freely used as an English formative, usually with a simple negative force as implying mere negation or absence of something (rather than the opposite or reverse of it, as often expressed by un-). prefixes - When is the prefix non- used vs un-?
non apple tablets, - English Language ... At the linguistics conference, there were no / not / non- native speakers of Esperanto. They're all grammatically "valid", but they all mean different things - and pragmatically / idiomatically, only the no version is likely to be used. Except "non" is not an English word, it is a prefix of Latin origin. Which is why American style manuals will always ask you to merge it with the subsequent word, without a hyphen.
non apple tablets, British rules differ, and the "non-" construction is frequently found in the literature.
