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Usenet Posted 22 years ago
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'non-availability' or unavailability

Which one is correct ?
'non-availability' or 'unavailability'
Also, is there a way to guess, whether I should prefix with 'un' or 'non' to get the negativity?
  

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[nq:1]Which one is correct ? [/nq] Words which are often negativised have usually developed an un- (or in-) form: happy, unhappy; controversial, uncontroversial, etc, etc. A good dictionary will list the vast majority of accepted un- words.

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  • [nq:1]Which one is correct ?
  • [/nq] Words which are often negativised have usually developed an un- (or in-) form: happy, unhappy; controversial, uncontroversial, etc, etc.
  • A good dictionary will list the vast majority of accepted un- words.
  • If an un- (or in-) form exists with the meaning you require, use it rather than a non form.
  • Non often means "lack of".
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[nq:1]Which one is correct ? 'non-availability' or 'unavailability'[/nq]
unavailability
[nq:1]Also, is there a way to guess, whether I should prefix with 'un' or 'non' to get the negativity?[/nq]
Words which are often negativised have usually developed an un- (or in-) form: happy, unhappy; controversial, uncontroversial, etc, etc. A good dictionary will list the vast majority of accept
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[nq:1]Which one is correct ? 'non-availability' or 'unavailability'[/nq]
Go by current usage even online usage: there
are fewer than 100,000 web pages with "non-availability", but over 300,000 with "unavailability" written on them. Next time, just google.
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English is Munglish

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Jai Maharaj
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[nq:2]Which one is correct ? 'non-availability' or 'unavailability'[/nq]
[nq:1]Go by current usage even online usage: there are fewer than 100,000 web pages with "non-availability", but over 300,000 with "unavailability" written on them. Next time, just google.[/nq]
Your post popped out because I'm still rebuilding my filters, but even you should know that Google cannot be counted on to ac
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[nq:1]Your post popped out because I'm still rebuilding my filters, but even you should know that Google cannot be counted ... ****; that should tell you something about how biased Googled sources are in their reflection of English, as generally used.[/nq]
'Ang on a sec like. You leave in a megamiff, unwilling to further suffer the suffocation of the group by insufferable trolls any more, then
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[nq:2]Which one is correct ? 'non-availability' or 'unavailability'[/nq]
[nq:1]Go by current usage even online usage: there are fewer than 100,000 web pages with "non-availability", but over 300,000 with "unavailability" written on them. Next time, just google.[/nq]
Sorry I can't link to the original poster on my server, as the article is obsoleted here.
However, I think that I would p
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[nq:1]P.S. You should be told that in your absence it's only got worse. Much worse. Mickwick has discovered smileys.[/nq]
And used one to show the carbuncles on his chin.

Dena Jo
Delete "delete.this.for.email" for email.
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[nq:2]P.S. You should be told that in your absence it's only got worse. Much worse. Mickwick has discovered smileys.[/nq]
[nq:1]And used one to show the carbuncles on his chin.[/nq]
I heard that.

Mickwick
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[nq:2]Your post popped out because I'm still rebuilding my filters, ... sources are in their reflection of English, as generally used.[/nq]
[nq:1]'Ang on a sec like. You leave in a megamiff, unwilling to further suffer the suffocation of the group by insufferable trolls any more, then you bounce back in here and whaddyado? Respond in all seriousness to one of Usenet's infamously insufferable.[
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