Does ex have a full form Google dictionary has this information about the origin of ex However, these days, no one pays attention to such niceties, which means that everybody pretty much gets called whatever Just ask them how they wish to be addressed That guarantees that you won't address them in a way contrary to their own preferences. Ex by itself (no hyphen) doesn't seem right either
Can each part be hyphenated, or the hyphen dropped altogether Is there another way to make this more clear while still keeping the ex prefix? Whichever rule you choose and stick to, you'll be swimming against the linguistic tide with much of your text! I.e. is an abbreviation of the latin words id est, which mean that is E.g. is an abbreviation for the latin words exempli gratia, which mean for the sake of example There's nothing wrong with f.e
You can read more about the correct. — could it be that the wind banged the door shut — this can become a possibility only if there was a sufficiently strong wind that day, and if the corridor pulls in strong enough draughts — (after two phone calls) this can be possible It was windy and the caretaker confirms that the wind in the corridor can at times bang the doors. Post facto is almost always part of ex post facto
Post hoc is currently about as common in ngrams, but more common in google search results I was thinking that this sort of anticipatory assimilation in which the voicing from the vowel following the ks makes the gz, also applies when the following sound is a voiced consonant, but it turns out there are too few examples of those to get a good feel for it Has someone seen my bag Has anyone seen my bag Which one is grammatically correct and why Which one should i use at this place
