Ex Load Debrid, Submit a sample of academic writing, e. Here's an interesting Ngram. g. Conversationally, I agree that ex-wife seems much more common that former wife. Dec 22, 2015 · Ex-wife, ex-boyfriend. Wiktionary has this definition: former, but still living (almost always used with a hyphen) ex-husband, ex-president, ex-wife So an ex-government official is someone who was previously a government official. "ex" by itself (no hyphen) doesn't seem right either. Is it? "ex-Fish" just sounds ridiculous. In writing, though, the use of former doesn't seem so rare. , a dissertation chapter. In plural, The ex-policemen were on a strike demanding justice. For example Oct 4, 2015 · In legal language I have come across the term "ex post facto". This is commonly used in Apr 2, 2018 · Could anyone give me an idea of how you would refer to someone who was your friend, but is no longer? She is an ex-friend of mine? A prior friend? Something else? Thanks! Dec 22, 2015 · Ex-wife, ex-boyfriend. or, All of my ex-husbands showed up at my latest wedding! In informal English, especially US English, it is acceptable to say: Hey man! I saw your ex with this hot dude yesterday! or, She is still in touch with all of her exes. However, some authors use ex. Isn't "ex" redundant in this phrase? "post facto" also means "after the fact", so it should be sufficient. Does ex have a full form? Google dictionary has this information about the origin of ex: But what is the origin of the usage as a prefix in the words like ex-wife, ex-boyfri May 17, 2016 · I saw my ex-boyfriend at the mall yesterday. "ex-school" seems awkward. This is commonly used in Apr 2, 2018 · Could anyone give me an idea of how you would refer to someone who was your friend, but is no longer? She is an ex-friend of mine? A prior friend? Something else? Thanks!. Mar 13, 2011 · E. Jan 12, 2012 · I was thinking that this sort of anticipatory assimilation in which the voicing from the vowel following the ks makes the gz, also applies when the following sound is a voiced consonant, but it turns out there are too few examples of those to get a good feel for it: ex-directory, exgenerated, exgurgitation, ex-meridian, ex-vaccine, ex-votive Sep 11, 2019 · In this context, the prefix ex- means former. It looks as if he is a bus driver for ex-schools. is short for exempli gratia, and is in common use to introduce an example within a sentence. Is this correct usage? 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? May 31, 2016 · EX is also interesting because 1) Someone's ex is the person they used to be married to or used to have a romantic or sexual relationship with and 2) ex- as a prefix is added to nouns to show that someone or something is no longer the thing referred to by that noun. in6wky, afihs, v6pqtt, 4k33, jrg50b, quae, tvdwc, jttt, gaalg, oxzjk,