Francisco Vila <paconet....@gmail.com> writes:
> 2012/10/2 <k-ohara5...@oco.net>:
>> No is used in several senses in English. Here it serves as an article
>> (like German "kein") but it also an adverb ("nein"). I do not think
>> Latin languages have a single-word negative article.
>
> Spanish has «sin» ="without" , "with no"
>
> «sin alcohol» ="non-alcoholic"
> «sin un céntimo» ="penniless"
> «sin compromiso» ="uncompromised"
>
> BTW, \without has come to my mind as an idea for the thread.
a) it is totally unrelated to \with, so that would be confusing. Just
consider
\new Voice \with { \without StringNumber } { ... }
b) it is incompatible with my reverse überbikeshed proposal since
\un\without would be quite garish
--
David Kastrup
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