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Re: grammar/vocabulary

Clive — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:08:00 GMT

Hi,

Could you please check my reflection for grammar and vocabulary mistakes?

For a number of months I have been studying word families. In addition to this, I have also been dissecting words for prefixes, suffixes, consonant blends and digraphs, as well as vowel diphthongs. In order for me to have the ownership of my learning, no list of spelling words is provided weekly by my teacher. My active participation in my learning consists of generating a list of words that belongs to the word family I am studying. Words for my spelling quiz are chosen randomly from my lists. I think that this approach to spelling makes me think and therefore helps me remember better. Also, I notice/have noticed that when I am reading I utilize my spelling strategies to decode words.
Thank you
Knjiga

This is excellent writing.

Try to avoid starting a sentence with 'also'.

Best wishes, Clive

grammar/vocabulary

knjiga — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 00:57:23 GMT

Could you please check my reflection for grammar and vocabulary mistakes?

For a number of months I have been studying word families. In addition to this, I have also been dissecting words for prefixes, suffixes, consonant blends and digraphs, as well as vowel diphthongs. In order for me to have the ownership of my learning, no list of spelling words is provided weekly by my teacher. My active participation in my learning consists of generating a list of words that belongs to the word family I am studying. Words for my spelling quiz are chosen randomly from my lists. I think that this approach to spelling makes me think and therefore helps me remember better. Also I noticed that when I am reading I utilize my spelling strategies to decode words.
Thank you
Knjiga

Re: Compounds with "non": hyphen or no hyphen?

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:48:28 GMT

I'm afraid that in British English the rule *is* different. We do indeed tend to use hyphens after the prefix "non-" (which avoids the possibility of mispronouncing words such as "nonnative" ["non-native" in BrE]).

As regards other prefixes, "pre-" and "co-" still sometimes take a hyphen (particularly where the second part of the word starts with a vowel and could lead to an erroneous pronunciation, e.g. pre-empt, co-opted). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, "micro-organism" is also the preferred form, for similar reasons.

Re: Which language is most difficult language for people to learn?

Anonymous — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:46:26 GMT

As far as I know nobody mentioned Hungarian. Well, try it....it is not similar to anything (closest relative is Finnish, but they separated so long ago, that they are not mutually understandable). It is agglutinative, meaning there are conjugations at the end of words, and you have to pronounce these endings (and write) according to the vowels in the word. Plus, there can be extra vowels before the endings to make the pronounciation easier.

a house: egy hÃ¡z.

my house: (az Ã©n) hÃ¡zam (but the word hÃ¡zam contains the az Ã©n part)

in my house : a hÃ¡zamban.

in my houses: a hÃ¡zaimban.

your house: a hÃ¡zad

in your houses: a hÃ¡zaidban

a child: gyerek

my child: a gyerekem

to my child: a gyerekemnek

to a child: a gyereknek

Then, the word order is free, but if you put the different words into different order, the meaning is different too. the stress.

and there are two forms of each word, transitive and intransitive. eg. John sees an apple. John lÃ¡t egy almÃ¡t.

John sees the apple: John lÃ¡tja az almÃ¡t.

an apple: alma...

to wash: mos

but there are several prefixes, and the meaning will be totally different depending on which you use. kimos, megmos, felmos, bemos, Ã¡tmos, elmos..

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

Anonymous — Thu, 09 Nov 2006 06:44:35 GMT

[pr] where the word has another [nasal] feature, <img src="/emoticons/emotion-67.gif" alt="Camera [P]" />, <img src="/emoticons/emotion-56.gif" alt="Sleep [S]" />, [v], <img src="/emoticons/emotion-65.gif" alt="Kiss [K]" />, = NON (Non-Venerial)
[VOWELS], [kw], [pr], I.e Elsewhere = DIS (Dis-Affected)

UN distinction is semantic, not phonologically driven.

Also these prefixes were most likely separate words origionally and over time changed to the bound morpheme we know them as. I see that most of them are semantically driven but there is a distiction between NON and DIS as above from the data I saw.

Re: The sound of "S" at the beginning and in the middle of words

CalifJim — Mon, 15 May 2006 07:05:55 GMT

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 S is /S/. impression, pressure
In -sion or -sure, the S is /Z/*. vision, treasure
*/S/ is the sound of "sh" in "sheep". /Z/ is the sound of "s" in "measure" or of "zh" in "Zhivago".

Otherwise âssâ has the sound /s/. Exceptions where âssâ = /z/ are âAussie, Missouri, dessert, dissolve, scissorsâ, and the first âssâ of âpossessionâ

âscâ before âeâ, âiâ or âyâ acts as if âssâ. (acquiesce) Otherwise, âscâ is /sk/. (ascot, Oscar)

Intervocalic ârsâ, âlsâ, and ânsâ. The âsâ is /s/. (horse, else, density, dorsal, conversation, pulse, pensive)
But when followed by final âyâ or âeyâ the tendency in this situation is for âsâ to be /z/. (Mersey, Jersey, pansy, tansy, palsy) Unusual cases with three intervocalic consonants. parsley (/s/), Guernsey (/z/).
Intervocalic âspâ, âstâ*, âskâ. The âsâ is /s/. (aspen, mustard, asking, prosper, hostile, askew)

*But after a stressed vowel, final âstleâ and âstenâ have a silent âtâ, and âsâ is /s/. (castle, rustle, hasten) Stated differently, in such contexts âstâ has the sound of âssâ. An exception is âpestleâ, which may be pronounced with or without the /t/.

Intervocalic âsmâ, âsnâ, âslâ, âsbâ, âsdâ, âsgâ. The âsâ is /z/. (Osmond, osmium, cosmic, Asner, Maslow, Cosby, wisdom, Disney, frisbie, dismal, paisley) But not in compounds: (busboy, gaslight)

Final â-ismâ has /z/.

Intervocalic âsâ is typically /z/, but it is /s/ often enough to require memorizing the many exceptions. Note below how the same spellings can be /s/ or /z/, depending on the word or even the use of the word (noun or verb).

With /s/: case, base, chase, vase, erase
With /z/: phase, phrase, laser, quasar
With /s/: obese
With /z/: these, Chinese, Japanese, and all "nationality words" in "-ese"
With /s/: vise, isolate, isobar, and all words with prefix âiso-â.
With /z/: rise, wise, arise, advise, supervise, improvise, all prefix + âvise" words, advertise, prison
With /s/: dose, close (adj), verbose, morose, purpose, monstrosity, porosity
With /z/: chose, hose, close (v), nose, pose, prose, rose, those; lose, whose; position
With /s/ : obtuse, recluse; use, abuse, excuse (nouns)
With /z/: muse, fuse, ruse, amuse, accuse, profuse, confuse; use, abuse, excuse (verbs)
With /z/: raise, praise, braise, raisin, daisy
With /s/: geese, Reese
With /z/: cheese
With /s/: cease, crease, grease*, lease
With /z/: tease, ease, please; easel, teasel, weasel; reason, season, treason
With /s/: mouse, louse, grouse, douse (v), house (n)
With /z/: rouse, arouse, carouse; house (v), lousy; browse, drowse, drowsy
With /s/: moose, goose, loose, noose, caboose
With /z/: choose
*âgreaseâ has /s/ in the northern U.S. and /z/ in the southern U.S.

Prefix + root.

With the prefix âtransâ it often makes no difference whether /s/ or /z/ is used.
Speakers vary in their choices.
/s/ or /z/: transpire, transpose, transmit, transact
Latin prefixes âreâ, âdeâ, âpreâ followed by a root beginning with âsâ (and vowel) normally have /z/.
reserve, deserve, preserve, resort, present, design, resign, resent, resemble, resolve
But with /s/: resource, research; reset, resend, all âre-â meaning âagainâ.
But Anglo prefixes âbeâ, âaâ followed by a root beginning with âsâ (and vowel) have /s/.
beset, asea, beseech, aside, beside, besiege, asunder

CJ

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

Klavier — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 16:17:09 GMT

Anonymous wrote:
Hi, freak guy,

otherwise You would not ferer the poor guy to long lists of words to memorise by heart or to practical usage ONLY.

Have a nice sleep in Your den

So, should I learn ancient roots, rules, and which consonant and vowels go here and there ? Should I burn my brain with this stuff when it comes to the prefix retro- for example, or is it more 'PRACTICAL' to learn all the words in the dictionary in this pattern? Please allow me: retroactive - retrograde - retrospect - retrospective. Oh! I think I have already learnt them.
Have a nice sleep in Your monastery.

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

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 14:46:05 GMT

Hi, freak guy,

of course, there are very strict rules, but these rules are rooted in ancient LAtin, if You do not know Latin, then You can claim there are no rules. But if You are not educated enought, You should not state such a nonsense. There are rules as to what consonants or vowels must precede to add this or that prefix. Have you ever heard of a progressive assimilation, for example? You do not seem to have, otherwise You would not ferer the poor guy to long lists of words to memorise by heart or to practical usage ONLY.

Have a nice sleep in Your den

Yours Zdenek

Re: prefix

rvw — Wed, 05 Oct 2005 06:48:18 GMT

There are many rules governing the writing of compounds, and many exceptions to the rules. I would say that you should always first consult a good dictionary to see if the compound has an established form. From Webster's Third New International Dictionary, here are some of the rules governing prefixes:

1. Prefixes in borrowed compounds. A hyphen is often used between duplicated vowels: co-operate, but usually the form is solid: cooperate. If the letters (vowels or consonants) are different, the word is usually solid: coalesce, coerce, collect, diagram, anarchy.

2. Prefixes in compounds formed within English. Open styling is usually not used. "Some combinations are usually close-styled (in- and un-, as in inexpressible, untenable), some are usually hyphened (ex- in ex-president), some are frequently styled either way (anti-, co-, extra, non-, pre-, semi-)." Hyphens are used to avoid vowel duplications: anti-intellectualism. Hyphens are less common if the vowels are different: deadjectival, foreoath. Solid styling is usual for junctures with consonants: nonmetallic, nonalcoholic, extralegal.

3. "When the base word begins with a capital, a hyphen is usual: un-American."

4. Some "prefixes" function as adjectives when they are open before a noun: a pseudo liberal, quasi independence.

5. Sometimes, the hyphened word has a different etymology, pronunciation, and meaning:
    recover: to get back
    re-cover: to cover again.
    recreation: play.
    re-creation: a creating again.

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