I don't know of a site like that. Initial s is pronounced /s/, except in sure and sugar , where it is pronounced /S/*. Medial s is problematic. There are no hard-and-fast rules -- mostly just lists. In -ssion or -ssure, the double

But that word can be broken up in to like two root words, alot of suffixes and alot of prefixes. All of this debating is really confusing!

this stupid dictionary site thinks UNTHAW is a word -- emphasis on stupid ! I agree that sometimes it's just best to drop it. CJ

Hi Joanne, I'd just drop it. People don't always appreciate having their errors pointed out. Best wishes, Clive

I see this message is very old - but I was looking for help and this address came up - so I'm hoping you can help me. I clicked on this link and found out that I was right, UNTHAW is not a word. If something is UN-thawed, it is obviously NOT

The prefixes hold the key: “Immigrate” is used when you are referring to a person moving into your country. “emigrate” is used when you are referring to person moving out of your country (Latin ex- meaning out). “migrate” I used when you

Hi everyone, I'm an Italian student. I'm currently working on my final dissertation which will deal about derivational morphology. In particular it will be about the creation of new words in English through prefixes and suffixes. I find out

Hello I like this kind of question. To know the sense of prefixes is useful for us ESL students to understand the sense of the words. The prefix "a-" in "arise" is a Germanic prefix and gives a sense of "up" or "away" that stress the sense of the

How To Learn English ? PART 2 Learning a language is mainly based upon self-struggle. Maybe the only thing to be done by the teachers on this subject is to advise a method. Because, in a sense, language cannot be taught but learned. So,

Clive wrote: Hi Zdenek, This last post seems to me to be a very feeble attempt to be ill-mannered and annoying. Can't you do any better than that? Clive Come with every deck of card, there always will be two “jokers”.