Google dictionary has this information about the origin of ex 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. 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. In writing, though, the use of former doesn't seem so rare In legal language i have come across the term ex post facto Isn't ex redundant in this phrase Post facto also means after the fact, so it should be sufficient This is commonly used in
My ex baseball coach taught me Ex by itself (no hyphen) doesn't seem right either Whichever rule you choose and stick to, you'll be swimming against the linguistic tide with much of your text!
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