These prefixes have come to us over a great length of time from Latin and Greek, and for the most part already attached to words derived from these languages. There are no rules; you must learn them individually.

Why do we have different prefixes such as disagree, ungrateful, insufficient? What are the rules that determine which one is appropriate?

is re a negative or positive prefix

Hi, Here's a very general comment on verbal prefixes. The prefix 'mis' has the idea of 'do something incorrectly'. eg count/miscount, label/mislabel, quote/misquote So 'I mistrust him' means 'I

Vctory: Here is a site that has analyzed words by frequency of use and posted many lists for study. There is an American English and British English list. http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/l/ The related words you listed all have

I teach some students Japanese in English. Could you correct that, please? This article explains an honorific expressiono of Japanese. Thanks. Best wishes, Lucas == In Japanese, there are 3 differnt kinds of ways to

Hello,dear friend suffixes are the last word of any 2 words eg: time TABLE ,comfort TABLE and prefixes are first words of any two words together like TIME table , COM FORT table I AM IN GRADE 5 ARE YOU IN SCHOOL,COLLAGE OR WORK?

Hi. I think I heard that with certain prefixes, you should use a hyphen to separate it from what comes after. Does that mean what comes after can be a noun or some others? If so, what are some others? Or does it have to be nouns only and no other?

Hi Anon Can you be more specific? Do you want to know whether there are rules for prefixes such as un-, im-, in-, il-, ir- ?

It seems to me that reading comprehension skills are very difficult for many English learners. What aspects would you like to emphasise in teaching reading comprehension? Or should it be taught at all? Is it enough if students just read on their