Except non is not an english word, it is a prefix of latin origin [closed] ask question asked 9 years, 7 months ago modified 3 years, 11 months ago Which is why american style manuals will always ask you to merge it with the subsequent word, without a hyphen
You used the dash in the wrong place Suppose that we want to negate a generic compound adjective adjective1 adjective2 I might be tempted to create an open compound, but non doesn’t stand alone.
