non vs. none
Jan 2nd 2019 | 7:38 am
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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.
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.
Jan 2nd 2019 | 7:46 am
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Re: non vs. none
No. Likely just a spelling error or simple slip of the fingers
Non is a prefix
None is a pronoun.
Non is a prefix
None is a pronoun.
Jan 2nd 2019 | 7:52 am
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Re: non vs. none
Well, that's what I first thought. But then I kept seeing it in other places.
- Eric S.
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Jan 2nd 2019 | 7:57 am
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Jan 2nd 2019 | 8:08 am
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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."
Talking of young illiterate people, one I see sometimes is when people write "tonne" when they mean "ton."
Jan 2nd 2019 | 8:22 am
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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."
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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Jan 2nd 2019 | 8:26 am
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Jan 2nd 2019 | 9:01 am
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Re: non vs. none
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...
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...
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Jan 2nd 2019 | 9:56 am
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Jan 2nd 2019 | 9:59 am
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Re: non vs. none
Nun of the above? 
Jan 3rd 2019 | 12:28 am
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Re: non vs. none
I've noticed an increasing rate of typos on online news sources..Telegraph, Guardian etc...severe lack of editor oversight these days.
Jan 3rd 2019 | 3:54 am
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