By Prefixes, Verbs

Hello, When some prefixes like "semi", "under","multi", "over", "inter" are used with some words like noun, adjective or verb, they are sometime written with hyphen an sometime with hyphen. I want to know when to hyphen and when without hyphen.

As Mr. Micawber has mentioned, this transform is no longer productive in modern English. There are hundreds of such Latin roots which occur in such pairs. It would probably be impractical to try to learn all the patterns. Nevertheless, if that sort of thing interests you, you might try...

1. "Worse" is the comparative of "bad" while "worst" is the superlative. bad-worse-the worst His new movie is worse than his last. Your cooking is getting worse! (compared to before) Among his movies, the newest one is the worst. This is the worst of all! 2. I'm reproducing Taiwandave's post...

Calif, you did a good job: It is indeed about 150-200 verbs which are regarded to be strong today (not included are those with prefixes). Any list of today's English verbs usually consists of maximal 200 strong ones, about 120-150 of them are still quite important to learn. Ablaut-rows can be...

There is no rule. Words with these prefixes have come about through accidents of history. The most usual is "un-", but always consult a dictionary. The following does not really answer your question, but you may find it somewhat useful anyway, especially if you're willing to work to dig some...

There have been a number of recent questions concerning when to use hypens. The following is an excerpt from The Economist magazine's style guide. © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2004 Use hyphens for: 1. FRACTIONS (whether nouns or adjectives): two-thirds, four-fifths, one-sixth, etc. 2....