Questions tagged [affixes]
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Clitics vs. Inflectional Affix
Zwicky and Pullum (1983: 507) state that "n't cannot be attached to words containing simple clitics ['s/'ve], although the simple clitic 've can do so." As such, they don't think (1) is acceptable:
(1) *I'dn't be doing this unless I had to.
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Which suffix is in the word "precede": -ede or -cede?
Which suffix is in the word "precede": -ede or -cede?
I don't have an idea whether -ede or -cede is suffix in the words like precede, intercede, etc.
Eugene
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If we divide 'withdrawal' into prefix, root, and suffix; how will it be?
Like when we say un-happi-ness (prefix, root, and suffix), how can we divide withdrawal?
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Are there English affixes for left/right?
Is there an affix that means left (right)? E.g. Imagine it was the prefix lef-. We'd be able to generate the following words.
lefcars (cars in which the steering wheel is on the left-hand side)
leffoils (foils with the grip set-up for a…
goblin GONE
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Is Cess a Prefix or a Suffix?
My question concerns the following line on wikipedia page the word about Cess.
In colonial India it was applied, with a qualifying prefix, to
any taxation, such as irrigation-cess, educational-cess, and the like.
I am confused the word cess,…
The Imp
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Words ending in -ht, words ending in -th
Look at the endings of the following words:
blight, bought, breadth, brought, caught, delight, depth, fifth, fought, fourth, fright, freight, height, light, plight, taught, thought, width, ...
As you may have already noticed, some of the words in…
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