I wanted to know that I was worth driving 10 miles in the rain to get a piece of lemon meringue pie. Once I did that, I know the pie was unimportant. 1. If someone else drove ten miles to get pie for you, then I wanted to know if I was worth

floccinaucinihilipilification: derives from the latin 'flocci non facio...' = "I don't give a hang for..." and is the longest English word stated as an actual 'word'. Chemicals DO NOT count. 'nihil' is the latin for 'nothing' and 'ification' is

I think you misunderstood my question I asked " when I have to use "lack in" and when - "lack of" I mean when I have to affix "of" and when "in"

A word is made of three parts, prefix; root, stem, or base; and suffix. Not really. For example, the and banana. (1)precisely is pre + cise + ly (all three, prefix, root and suffix) (2)concise is con + cise (prefix and root)

I quote Trask: 'A root is the simplest form of a lexical morpheme, from which all other forms are built up. For example, the Latin verb meaning love has the root 'am-'; from this are formed the various stems , such as present 'ama-' and perfect

Bienvenido al English Forums, Reme. From Trask, Language and Linguistics : "Clitic: a grammatical item which appears to be less than a word but more than an affix. Enclitic: a clitic which is phonologically attached to what precedes it,

Here's a start: It depends on the meaning of the word, and of course the location of the affix, since a prefix by definition goes on the front. 'Biology'-- 'bios' is the central concept, hence the root, while 'logy' is a suffix meaning

Nell: Used 162 times in the Bible (KJV aka AV), both ... call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." You're wrong; you're confusing "whosoever" with "whosever". "Whosoever", however, adds another

Cmon, be patient. It's a new word. On this side we day "mail" a letter, but don't those on the other side say "post"? If the Post Office loses our letter, we remail it. Wouldn't a Brit repost it? And if so, then the

No. The tie bar affixed the tie to the shirt ... had a clipping action. See: http://www.io.com/~esmee/jewelry/970634.jpg for a tie bar. Oh yes. Not the thing to wear. When he was in high school, my son decided to go to some dance and sport a