http://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishVocabularyIdiom-Questions/Forum29.htmHelp with defining words and idioms, and new words and idioms that you've learntenXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/Demography/bhkrj/post.htm#120945Fri, 27 Feb 2009 05:47:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:120945BMO0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Demography/bhkrj/post.htm#120945http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-120945.xmlThanks. It make sense now. bmohttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Demography/bhkrj/post.htm#120852Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:47:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:120852Mister Micawber1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Demography/bhkrj/post.htm#120852http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-120852.xmlI'd prefer to consider it a 'combining form' without attempting to further classify it. In discography , it seems more like a suffix to me, while in geography , it seems more like 'graph' as root + 'y' as a noun-making suffix. It has more to do with the relative weight of the remainder of the word, I think.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Demography/bhkrj/post.htmWed, 27 May 2009 04:47:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:120811Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Demography/bhkrj/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments29-120811.xmlIs -graphy a root or a suffix? Thanks. bmo