Search results for 'tag:Prefixes tag:Affix' matching tags 'Prefixes' and 'Affix'

Re: How affix affect stress pattern?

Mno3195 — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:15:00 GMT

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 don't know of any dedicated websites, though most grammar sites probably mention it in passing. Try googling around a bit.

Thanks,how about suffixes?

Re: How affix affect stress pattern?

Mister Micawber — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:54:56 GMT

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 don't know of any dedicated websites, though most grammar sites probably mention it in passing. Try googling around a bit.

Re: How and where to use negative prefixes like un-,dis,non-,etc?

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:28:33 GMT

If anything I would say it is regressive since the affix is changing depending on the following phonemes. Ill try to figure it out and report back in a few minutes.

KiB, MiB, KB, MB are prefixes or suffixes?

McoreD — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:49:52 GMT

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 use the phrases "binary prefixes", "SI prefixes" etc.
For example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefix
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_prefix
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html

Why they use the word "prefix" instead of "suffix" is beyond me. Can anybody please explain?

Thank you in advance,
McoreD