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non vs. none
A question for you Brits out there (I'm American):
In the US, we would say, for example, "non resident". But I've seen some Brits use "none resident". Is that a UK thing? Thanks. - Eric S. |
Re: non vs. none
No. Likely just a spelling error or simple slip of the fingers
Non is a prefix None is a pronoun. |
Re: non vs. none
Well, that's what I first thought. But then I kept seeing it in other places.
- Eric S. |
Re: non vs. none
Originally Posted by Eric S
(Post 12615349)
Well, that's what I first thought. But then I kept seeing it in other places.
- Eric S. |
Re: non vs. none
It could also be that, in some circumstances, autocomplete doesn't like the look of "non" as a word so amends it to "none." Personally, I've got into the habit of eyeballing my text to try to ensure that stupid misspellings haven't been introduced by the machine, but it's easy to miss some. Talking of young illiterate people, one I see sometimes is when people write "tonne" when they mean "ton." |
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Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 12615360)
It could also be that, in some circumstances, autocomplete doesn't like the look of "non" as a word so amends it to "none." Personally, I've got into the habit of eyeballing my text to try to ensure that stupid misspellings haven't been introduced by the machine, but it's easy to miss some. Talking of young illiterate people, one I see sometimes is when people write "tonne" when they mean "ton." However, there are certainly problems with you're/your, they're/their/there, it's/its, lose/loose, etc. |
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Originally Posted by macliam
(Post 12615366)
Or do they? You're presuming imperial, I'm suggesting metric.......
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Re: non vs. none
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 12615368)
I've seen things like "A tonne of my friends are going .." or similar.. |
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I've noticed an increasing rate of typos on online news sources..Telegraph, Guardian etc...severe lack of editor oversight these days.
And reading The Scotsman, Glasgow Herald headlines...they just seem so parochial now which makes me wary of moving back. Last week the Herald had a headline, '1 in 3 Scots, a clear majority..blah, blah...' also in another article the writer used 'to' instead of 'too', repeatedly. I gave them a good tutting... |
Re: non vs. none
Originally Posted by robin1234
(Post 12615368)
I've seen things like "A tonne of my friends are going .." or similar.. |
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Nun of the above? :getcoat:
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Originally Posted by Novocastrian
(Post 12615354)
Most people under about 60 these days are are illiterate. C'est la vie.
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I've noticed an increasing rate of typos on online news sources..Telegraph, Guardian etc...severe lack of editor oversight these days. |
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Originally Posted by civilservant
(Post 12615660)
Politico is appalling for that. Not just typos but missing words in a sentence. It's like it wasn't even edited.
I expect better of the UK sources though. After all...America and all that... |
Re: non vs. none
Originally Posted by Guindalf
(Post 12615502)
The rest fail to proof-read their posts!
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