Google dictionary has this information about the origin of ex However, some authors use ex (short for example) for the same purpose, and this form is listed in some authorities like the wiktionary Submit a sample of academic writing, ex I know they both roughly mean example, but which one should i use, and when Are there connotations associated with one or the other?
In writing, though, the use of former doesn't seem so rare What is the proper way to use the ex prefix to more than one word My ex baseball coach taught me Ex by itself (no hyphen) doesn't seem right either In legal language i have come across the term ex post facto Isn't ex redundant in this phrase
This is commonly used in Whichever rule you choose and stick to, you'll be swimming against the linguistic tide with much of your text! 0 for customers who still visit frequently, we call them existing customers But what do we call those who used to visit, but are no longer coming back Thanks a lot for your help. 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.
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