# Grammar Q: United States' legal system?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-q-united-states-legal-system/331116>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 15, 2005, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-q-united-states-legal-system/331116 "2005-11-15T04:13:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2005, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grammar-q-united-states-legal-system/331116/21 "2005-11-16T08:15:14Z")

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> [@Giles](#):
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> I looked up “non-word” in two unabridged dictionaries. In one, it’s not listed, and in the other it’s listed as “nonword”. So I suspect that “non-word” may be a nonword by the same criterion.

I added the hyphen to goad you into writing that comment 😃

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