When is it appropriate to use non-breaking spaces? [closed]

The usage of a non-breaking space is explained in a Wikipedia article under Non-breaking spaces and Controlling line breaks and below in items 1 and 5: It is advisable to use a non-breaking

2026 Jan 11

prefixes

"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

2024 Oct 26

Using "non-" to prefix a two-word phrase

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-"

2025 Apr 29

No, not, and non

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

2024 Feb 06

meaning

Non-repudiable exists, in generic/ broader legal usage corresponding to non-repudiation. non-repudiation (Wikipedia) Non-repudiation refers to a state of affairs where the

2025 Mar 24

hyphenation

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. British

2025 Mar 19

compounds

To record and summarize the discussion in the comments, while the OED mostly uses the hyphen, many other dictionaries don''t, and the ngrams show higher non-hyphenated usage

2025 Jul 13

Use of the prefix "non-" on compound words [duplicate]

What is the correct way to apply the prefix "non-" to negate a (maybe dashed) compound adjective? Suppose that we want to negate a generic compound adjective "

2024 Mar 19

Is "non-life-threatening" punctuated correctly with two hyphens?

The bound morpheme non is the negator for life-threatening here, so ''life-threatening'' is more coherent. This does not come across with nonlife-threatening, which would seem to imply a

2025 Jul 27

no not

I am writing a statistics text and I am not sure if I should either use "non-significant variables" or "not significant variables" (or anything else).

2025 Mar 16

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