"nonrule" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "non- + rule",
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  "etymology_text": "From non- + rule.",
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    {
      "form": "nonrules",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
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      "expansion": "nonrule (plural nonrules)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1997, Edward L. Smith, Stephen A. Bernhardt, Writing at Work: Professional Writing Skills for People on the Job, McGraw Hill Professional, page 26",
          "text": "How about nonrules? Where do they come from? We said previously that many nonrules are based on an attempt to force English grammar into the mold of Latin.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style, Random House, pages 7–8",
          "text": "Right now, let’s attend to a few of what I think of as the Great Nonrules of the English Language. […] Why are they nonrules? So far as I’m concerned, because they’re largely unhelpful, pointlessly constricting, feckless, and useless.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Stephen Wilbers, Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders: Writing and Speaking with Confidence, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., page 104",
          "text": "Third – and here’s the clincher – you gotta distinguish between valid rules and nonrules. Now if you’re one of them prescriptivists, I’m gonna free you of five nonrules: Nonrule 1: Never split infinitives.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Something that is not a rule."
      ],
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        [
          "rule",
          "rule"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "non-rule"
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  "word": "nonrule"
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      "expansion": "non- + rule",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From non- + rule.",
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "nonrule (plural nonrules)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1997, Edward L. Smith, Stephen A. Bernhardt, Writing at Work: Professional Writing Skills for People on the Job, McGraw Hill Professional, page 26",
          "text": "How about nonrules? Where do they come from? We said previously that many nonrules are based on an attempt to force English grammar into the mold of Latin.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Benjamin Dreyer, Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style, Random House, pages 7–8",
          "text": "Right now, let’s attend to a few of what I think of as the Great Nonrules of the English Language. […] Why are they nonrules? So far as I’m concerned, because they’re largely unhelpful, pointlessly constricting, feckless, and useless.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023, Stephen Wilbers, Persuasive Communication for Science and Technology Leaders: Writing and Speaking with Confidence, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., page 104",
          "text": "Third – and here’s the clincher – you gotta distinguish between valid rules and nonrules. Now if you’re one of them prescriptivists, I’m gonna free you of five nonrules: Nonrule 1: Never split infinitives.",
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      ],
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        "Something that is not a rule."
      ],
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          "rule",
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "non-rule"
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  "word": "nonrule"
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