| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| in-, non-, un- (prefixes) |
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| These mean “the negative of,” “the opposite of,” or “the antonym of,” as in intolerant, insolvent, non-Christian, nonsmoker, unpleasing, unsavory. In- (sometimes en-) is also a different prefix meaning “in, toward, into, inside of,” as in intern and enshrine. (See also IL-; IM-; IR-, which discuss instances where assimilation causes a change in the final consonant of the prefix.) Normally none of these prefixes uses a hyphen; for exceptions, consult a desk dictionary. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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