Which is why american style manuals will always ask you to merge it with the subsequent word, without a hyphen In that context, which is more correct or more frequently used This is for writing software documentation that explains the usage of an optional property which some objects have. In case the answer is negative, is there any rule of thumb on which one may rely in order to recall whe. Leaving non stranded doesn't work either as it is a bound morpheme, a prefix not a word (in english) I'd use the two hyphens.
There seem to be three terms used by experts in the field However, the other two seem to be more commonly used in that context. The answer above is the valid answer, just one word Nonexistent the american heritage dictionary 5th ed So it appears the standard usage in both side of the atlantic is one unhyphenated word.
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