Plussed

[nq:1]I'm non-plussed over this: There appears to be no word "plussed". How can I be non-plussed if I can't be plussed?[/nq]
You can't. There is no word "non-plussed".

[nq:1]I'm non-plussed over this: There appears to be no word "plussed". How can I be non-plussed if I can't be plussed?[/nq]
Nonplussed from non + plus (no more), unable to go further.

[nq:2]I'm non-plussed over this: There appears to be no word "plussed". How can I be non-plussed if I can't be plussed?[/nq]
[nq:1]You can't. There is no word "non-plussed".[/nq]
You've proven your wit innumerable times Martin, but you might want to tone down the preening and explain to the OP that there is no hyphen.

Joanne La Priss

[nq:1]I'm non-plussed over this: There appears to be no word "plussed". How can I be non-plussed if I can't be plussed?[/nq]
Google offers 1,720 hits for "plussed up." The usual use for "plus up" the set phrase (of which "plussed up" is the preterite) is to describe the action of providing more funding than was requested. Thus, the US Congress might "plus up" the defense appropriation, or a sc

[nq:2]You can't. There is no word "non-plussed".[/nq]
[nq:1]You've proven your wit innumerable times Martin, but you might want to tone down the preening and explain to the OP that there is no hyphen.[/nq]
Several online dictionaries recognize the the term if you enter non-plussed, but take you to "nonplussed". It appears to be one of those hyphenated terms that has begun to lose its hyphe

[nq:1]Several online dictionaries recognize the the term if you enter non-plussed, but take you to "nonplussed". It appears to be one of those hyphenated terms that has[/nq]
Have, have, have. "terms that have"(1)
[nq:1]begun to lose its hyphen.[/nq]
(1) I am aware of arguments to the contrary. I'm in a rotten mood and don't want to hear them. It took me an hour tonight to drive home, w

[nq:1](1) I am aware of arguments to the contrary. I'm in a rotten mood and don't want to hear them. ... not, thank goodness, fatal) crashes on several local bridges. It's enough to tempt one to subway to work. Bah, humbug![/nq]
It turned cold here yesterday. It's down to the mid-40s(F). Everyone has their cross to bear.

Tony Cooper
Orlando, FL

[nq:1]I'm non-plussed over this: There appears to be no word "plussed".[/nq]
Wrong.
Adrian

[nq:2]Several online dictionaries recognize the the term if you enter ... appears to be one of those hyphenated terms that has[/nq]
[nq:1]Have, have, have. "terms that have"(1)[/nq]
[nq:2]begun to lose its hyphen.[/nq]
"of those hyphenated terms" is a prepositional phrase and can't determine the nature of the verb.
"It appears to be one (of those hyphenated terms) that has begun to

[nq:1]"It appears to be one (of those hyphenated terms) that has begun to lose its hyphen."[/nq]
Which hyphenated terms, then, are "those" hyphenated terms?

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