Google dictionary has this information about the origin of ex In writing, though, the use of former doesn't seem so rare In informal english, especially us english, it is acceptable to say I saw your ex with this hot dude yesterday Or, she is still in touch with all of her exes. Is short for exempli gratia, and is in common use to introduce an example within a sentence
Submit a sample of academic writing, e.g., a dissertation chapter However, some authors use ex. 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? In legal language i have come across the term ex post facto
Post facto also means after the fact, so it should be sufficient This is commonly used in 6 there are many cases of prefixes changing their forms Are there some more general rules or a summary of such changes that can help me figure out the meanings of unfamiliar words, and recognize the prefixes in the words?
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