non-argument

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From non- +‎ argument.

Noun

non-argument (plural non-arguments)

  1. A flawed argument.

Usage notes

  • The hyphenated form is about twice as common as the solid one in the British corpus and about the same in the American corpus of Google Ngram Viewer.[1] GPO manual item 6.29. recommends to spell non- prefixed words without a hyphen unless an overriding consideration applies.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ non-argument, nonargument at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
  2. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov

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