When discussing policies, and the naming of them. I prefer proactive "anti" as a prefix to passive "non." Most people in my office wouldn't necessarily care, but we have been given opposing council about which to use, and discussion has ensued.
Anti can mean: opposite;
opposing; against; counteracting; neutralizing; destroying; inverse; displaying opposite characteristics; not in favor of (an action or proposal etc.)
Whereas non just means: not; other than; reverse of; absence of.
Doesn't Local Government Agency's Destroying Discrimination Policy sound so much better than Local Government Agency's Absence of Discrimination Policy ?
Sigh. Everyone else wants non. Non. Nothing. Nada. It's so weird to name a policy after nothing.
Tell them Master Fob votes for anti. In fact, he anti-votes for non. That should tip the scales.
ReplyDeleteWoo Hoo! I'll tell them that a writer agrees with me!
ReplyDeleteAhem. Not any writer. Master Fob.
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Master Fob, my apologies,
ReplyDeleteMaster. Fob.