non-argument

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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. GPO manual item 6.29. recommends to spell non- prefixed words without a hyphen unless an overriding consideration applies.

See also

References

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

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