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awsomeness7878 is not online. awsomeness7878
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25 Nov 2012 10:34 AM
... it's actually not okay to add prefixes and suffixes to a word and pretend that the product is an actual word.
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XC6 is not online. XC6
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25 Nov 2012 10:35 AM
example?
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Noobula9812 is not online. Noobula9812
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25 Nov 2012 10:36 AM
Repost isn't a word, then?
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25 Nov 2012 10:36 AM
opinion

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awsomeness7878 is not online. awsomeness7878
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25 Nov 2012 10:37 AM
>example

"non-impressive"
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25 Nov 2012 10:37 AM
Reconjure = Return with law

Yes?
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Jamocha is not online. Jamocha
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25 Nov 2012 10:37 AM
That's actually how a lot of words were formed. Our language will always be changing.
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25 Nov 2012 10:39 AM
>Repost isn't a word, then?

There are words, then there are not words. Some words share common suffixes and prefixes, which have impact on their meaning. These words are words, however if someone adds a prefix to a base that is not meant to have a prefix, it is not a word. It is a mutant killer grammar zombie.
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Jamocha is not online. Jamocha
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25 Nov 2012 10:41 AM
Actually, in a grammar book I read, it is grammatically acceptable to pin on prefixes and suffixes to words. Repost might technically not be a word, but re-post is because it means "to post again".
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awsomeness7878 is not online. awsomeness7878
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25 Nov 2012 10:44 AM
It's understandable, but often you may see arguments like:

I did something
I undid your doing
I un-undid my doing
I re-undid your undoing of my doing of the undoing of your doing

etc

un-undid is not a word.
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XC6 is not online. XC6
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25 Nov 2012 10:46 AM
"un-undid is not a word."

i'm sure that's two prefixes in front of 'did' instead of one
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Jamocha is not online. Jamocha
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25 Nov 2012 10:47 AM
There is a difference between using one prefix and using multiple prefixes to make double negatives.
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25 Nov 2012 10:48 AM
I know, I just used that as an example. It was difficult to think of one that used only one prefix, but I have seen some.
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25 Nov 2012 10:51 AM
Ah, here's an example:

http://www.roblox.com/Forum/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=82952924

"Non-straight" is not a word.
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XC6 is not online. XC6
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25 Nov 2012 10:52 AM
how about un-straight?

i know non-linear is definitely a word
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25 Nov 2012 10:53 AM
curved is a word.
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Jamocha is not online. Jamocha
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25 Nov 2012 10:53 AM
Haha, yea, that's true. I guess you just mean when there are already words they can be replaced with.
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25 Nov 2012 10:54 AM
Yeah.
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XC6 is not online. XC6
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25 Nov 2012 10:54 AM
"curved is a word."

if you described a molecule with one or more lone pairs of electrons with "curved" instead of "non-linear", you wouldn't get a mark

true fact
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25 Nov 2012 10:55 AM
That would be a valid point if I said nonlinear wasn't a word.

It isn't hyphenated, btw
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XC6 is not online. XC6
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25 Nov 2012 10:57 AM
"It isn't hyphenated, btw"

why not?
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awsomeness7878 is not online. awsomeness7878
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25 Nov 2012 10:58 AM
Because it's a word without the hyphen? I don't know why these language-making people do what they do.
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25 Nov 2012 10:59 AM
Antidisestablishmentarianism.

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25 Nov 2012 11:00 AM
Actually it's Newspeak.

-Unhappy
-Unexciting
-Nonacceptable

Get with the times, it's 1984.
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25 Nov 2012 11:04 AM
I am inable to recomply with your pro-idiotic subrequests.
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