In Affix^x

Affix = prefix or suffix . Ir of irritable appears to be neither, at least in English, as it comes from L. irritatus , from pp. stem of irritare 'excite, provoke.'

Agreed. Take for example irritable ' ir ' is a prefix when used in irresponsible, but in the case of irritable, it is used as an affix. And -able is the suffix. ^_^ Prefix and Suffix are able to be 'heard' and 'see' whether it is accurate. (this is used for last resort) {my name is not...

You could say sign your name if you really wanted to but it is not necessary and does sound a bit odd actually, everyone knows that when you sign something, you are signing your name. That is what sign means. Common phrases 'sign here;sign on the dotted line; sign a contract; sign below; sign in...

"You shall sign and affix your seal on the contract. " I feel that "your name" is missing after "sign" in the above sentence. Can someone make some comments on this sentence? Thank you.

Hello guys! I need to find examples for the following word-formations: back-formation: Instead of forming new and longer items by adding affixes to words, this process works the other way round, as a shorter word is created by removing a real or imagined affix. I already have: -...

Hi Guys, By definition: prefix is a type of affix that precedes the morphemes to which it can attach. A suffix is an affix that succeeds the morphemes to which it can attach. So when you say 700 MiB, is "MiB" really a prefix or a suffix? It's amazing to see almost every popular article...

As to your question about the affix -ic , well, language works in different ways and makes use of different methods of word formation. Not all the words derive the same way, have a closer look at your mother tongue and you'll see for yourself. There are different reasons for that, you can read a...

Roro wrote: Hello MrPedantic. I have an off-topic-question, As to the word〖preposition〗which you kindly forced on me. The following is its definition (from Webster's online dictionary): ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ 1. A function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or...

Dear Pastel. Did you know this pictorial symbol? ⎝谷⎠ (Oh my God...) I remember using it for the first time when all of my data were vanished, in a flash, because of my lack of care. I like it, though! For those who don't know Kanji: this hieroglyph ..谷.. means 'valley.' ...

Hi Ali, Sorry for the delay in the replying to your mail. First of all, thanks a lot for your patience with me. And the second, here comes the sweet discussion of the influence of the Arabic language over Persian! It's quite interesting for me that there are many among the Westerners who think...