' Enclosed ' is used with postal mail: it means that something is put into the envelope with the letter. ' Attached ' is used with email: it means that a document is electronically affixed to the message and is sent with it (I don't know how it

After it was filled and sealed , a label was affixed to the container. I personally thought that you (af)fi x something to something else, not on . I could be mistaken, but it only seems logical to use the same preposition as with, e.g. - I fixed

after it was filled and sealed a label was affixed on the container

. Of course not; very few-- if any-- are. The affix 'pre-' means 'before', and that color is added to the two words here that bear it. Otherwise, differential collocations among synonyms always exist. .

. The leaves are on the tree, because they are affixed to the ends and surfaces of the twigs and branches (as are the apples). The nest is in the tree because it is intentionally hidden by the bird within the tree's outer boundaries. It is

I do not. Perhaps due to the bias I have as a native English speaker, I believe concepts that rely on the establishment of the relationships between people and objects, objects and other objects, and people and time are most easily understood

"Jackson Pillock" My first assignment for the MA Screenwriting course is a 20 minute script with no dialogue. It's called 'Writing in ... also to make sure we don't make the beginner's error of putting in long blocks of

Typical Greek suffixes. Primary stress on the third syllable from the end. (First vowel shown may vary.) ocracy, opathy, otony, otany, otomy, ophony, ology, onomy, otrophy, ogamy, ography, ophany, osophy, ognomy, ogony, omaly,

not about stress shift, but you might find it interesting: trisyllabic laxing

Mister Micawber wrote: Offhand, I would say that the addition of affixes other than negative or negative-like prefixes do not generally affect word stress, since they are usually unstressed themselves-- but that there are also many exceptions. I