Mister Micawber wrote: Offhand, I would say that the addition of affixes other than negative or negative-like prefixes do not generally affect word stress, since they are usually unstressed themselves-- but that there are also many exceptions. I

Offhand, I would say that the addition of affixes other than negative or negative-like prefixes do not generally affect word stress, since they are usually unstressed themselves-- but that there are also many exceptions. I don't know of any

Hi folks: I would like to know some details about how affix cause stress shift espeicially in multi-syllable words. I heard that Latin and Greek suffix play an important role in stress shift.Any detail or recommend website that I can refer

Wow. Thank you for sharing that, Pucca. It really helps us, non-native English speakers, to identify the degree of fomality of those expressions. Best wishes, PBF PS Perhaps the moderators could affix this thread to the "Common English Questions

If I may, I will affix this to the head of the forum, Forbes, thank you.

This looks a lot like homework to me, Civic. Why don't you Google some of these terms?-- inflection, adverb, affix, compound noun .

Consider the following passage an answer the questions that follow: Whether we eat at his place or mine, Ryan usually prepares the meal. Tonight I'd volunteered. I cook well, but not instinctively. I need recipes. Arriving home at six, I spent

Mister Micawber wrote: By using the word qua word, it becomes nominalized. Look at your own sentence: " where would you say is the modification by 'the' (prepositional phrase, 'the' is the noun object) in that sentence is taking place? 'The'

By using the word qua word, it becomes nominalized. Look at your own sentence: " where would you say is the modification by 'the' (prepositional phrase, 'the' is the noun object) in that sentence is taking place? 'The' must be modifying a noun,

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