http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aPrefixesSearch results for 'tag:Prefixes' matching tag 'Prefixes'en-USXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrefixesNegativePrefixes/4/wvkl/Post.htm#950813Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:12:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:950813andreabritobabapullehi,&quot;the terms you use are &quot;coined phrases&quot; not frequently used by the average English speaker,or the speaker of average english, however there is a practical approach to the usage of English, i.e. it is more than likely that 98% of the population will never drive a plane, therefore the use of &quot;plane-ing&quot; a person is rather unlikely. Over 98% of the population in the western world would use &quot;carred him&quot; but if used in countries where there is traditional English, they would think that you meant &quot;cared&quot; and have omitted a very essential preposition&#39;FOR&#39; (a frrequent error or omission), but we have planed a plank and hit a tree or him, which is more acceptable and easily understood by any...http://www.englishforums.com/English/BaseWords/lddmq/post.htm#935427Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:39:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:935427dokterjokkebrokHi For &#39;chord&#39; and &#39;phase&#39; I don&#39;t think you can specifically speak of a base word; instead they&#39;re more like derivations I think. Chord --&gt; accord --&gt; (Latin) Ad+cord --&gt; &#39;cord&#39; (heart) (here perhaps a suffix + base word) Phase --&gt; (Greek) Phasis (more like the original word but in another form) However, in the case of &#39;assent&#39;: Assent = probably derived from as+sent; to sent, which could be considered as the base. Perhaps this is more the area of etymology, but it&#39;s interesting nonetheless. Other words are sometimes more distinct and you can see more clearly that they consist of prefixes, infixes, and/or suffixes. e.g. subsequently --&gt; sub + sequent + ly --&gt; sequence...http://www.englishforums.com/English/AponUpon/lbbgn/post.htm#924083Thu, 01 Oct 2009 08:59:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:924083spaced_manApon is a Middle English spelling of upon . Many u- prefixes were spelt a- in Middle English. However after spellings were standardised, the a- prefix largely fell out of use. The correct spelling in Modern English is upon . Although, in many dialects, the pronunciation still has a distinct ah sound to it. spacedhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NegativePrefixes/kxmvz/post.htmFri, 18 Sep 2009 16:40:27 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:907533anonymousIs in and uni considered negative prefixes?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Prefixes/knxrj/post.htmTue, 15 Sep 2009 18:39:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:903134anonymousa prefix drops its ending vowel to combine with another word part when and in what cases?http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/2/pgkr/Post.htm#902411Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:17:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:902411mister micawberLatin caecum , meaning 'blind', has come directly into English as caecum/cecum (n) and caecal/cecal (adj). There is not a separate prefix for English words.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/2/pgkr/Post.htm#902370Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:45:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:902370anonymousim looking for a prefix that start with cec and means blindhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HyphensPrefixesAdvanced-Question/krdbb/post.htmMon, 27 Jul 2009 17:30:42 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:836095anonymousI know the rules in Chicago Manual, etc. for using hyphens with prefixes (generally it&#39;s not done, except for certain circumstances). However, there is a context I have not seen addressed anywhere. When you have a compound term like non-life-threatening you would hypnenate it all as a compound adjective. However, what about if it&#39;s used as a noun, not an adjective, such as: anti-money laundering nonworking class As you can see, whether or not you use the hyphen with the prefix, it is still confusing or misleading. I don&#39;t want to say the laundering is &quot;anti-money&quot; or refer to a class of people that is nonworking. What I want to do is to have the prefix apply to the whole term, not just the...http://www.englishforums.com/English/MiscellaneousQuestions/jqgkb/post.htm#833489Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:56:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:833489raenYou didn&#39;t know the general principle that prefixes which end in N change the N to M before roots that begin with B, P, and M. Sweet mother of Confucius! Is that so?! Fantastic information, nope I didn&#39;t know this. Wow. Thanks, Jim. You are AWSOME! Raenhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MiscellaneousQuestions/jqgkb/post.htm#832295Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:20:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:832295califjimI&#39;d tried to look up &quot;enbitter&quot; by ways of inductive logic and, of course, came back empty-handed. You didn&#39;t know the general principle that prefixes which end in N change the N to M before roots that begin with B, P, and M. con confront, consent, convene BUT: com p are, com b ine, com m unicate in indent, insensitive, inject BUT: im p roper, im b ue, im m erse And, of course, en endorse, enslave, encumber, enrich BUT: em p ower, em b lazon, em b itter CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PrefixInUnDis/jmpgz/post.htm#815186Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:18:58 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:815186mister micawberThese prefixes have come to us over a great length of time from Latin and Greek, and for the most part already attached to words derived from these languages. There are no rules; you must learn them individually.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrefixInUnDis/jmpgz/post.htmSat, 11 Jul 2009 11:41:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:815087anonymousWhy do we have different prefixes such as disagree, ungrateful, insufficient? What are the rules that determine which one is appropriate?http://www.englishforums.com/English/Prefixes/jmxcd/post.htmSat, 11 Jul 2009 04:32:32 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:814728anonymousis re a negative or positive prefixhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/MistrustAndDistrust/jkncc/post.htm#808730Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:31:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:808730cliveHi, Here&#39;s a very general comment on verbal prefixes. The prefix &#39;mis&#39; has the idea of &#39;do something incorrectly&#39;. eg count/miscount, label/mislabel, quote/misquote So &#39;I mistrust him&#39; means &#39;I feel it&#39;s incorrect/wrong to trust him&#39;. The prefix &#39;dis&#39; has the idea of &#39;do the opposite&#39;. eg regard/disregard, qualify/disqualify, locate/dislocate So &#39;I distrust him&#39; means &#39;I don&#39;t trust him&#39;. Best wishes, Clivehttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichWordIsFrequentlyUsed/jkpzb/post.htm#805336Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:00:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:805336alpheccastarsVctory: Here is a site that has analyzed words by frequency of use and posted many lists for study. There is an American English and British English list. http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/l/ The related words you listed all have similar meanings (different parts of speech), or meanings which are predictably altered by prefixes or suffixes. Understanding frequent root words, together with prefixes and suffixes can be very helpful in learning related words. http://www.redwoods.edu/Eureka/ASC/Handouts/Word%20Decoding/Word%20Decoding.pdf http://www.betterendings.org/homeschool/Words/Root%20Words.htm https://www.msu.edu/~defores1/gre/roots/gre_rts_afx1.htm All the best, A- shttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HiCouldArticle/wlpcb/post.htmTue, 12 May 2009 10:20:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:726581lucas21cI teach some students Japanese in English. Could you correct that, please? This article explains an honorific expressiono of Japanese. Thanks. Best wishes, Lucas == In Japanese, there are 3 differnt kinds of ways to express something to someone with respect. １． You can hold a people in esteem by describing his acts or his owns with some specific honorific words. This art makes directly his status higher without making your status lower. ２． You can hold a person in esteem by expressing your acts or your own with humility. Th is art makes indirectly his status higher by making your status lower.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/2/pgkr/Post.htm#681232Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:24:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:681232anonymousHello,dear friend suffixes are the last word of any 2 words eg: time TABLE ,comfort TABLE and prefixes are first words of any two words together like TIME table , COM FORT table I AM IN GRADE 5 ARE YOU IN SCHOOL,COLLAGE OR WORK?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HyphenAndPrefix/hqlvw/post.htmSun, 08 Feb 2009 07:07:12 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:666510anonymousHi. I think I heard that with certain prefixes, you should use a hyphen to separate it from what comes after. Does that mean what comes after can be a noun or some others? If so, what are some others? Or does it have to be nouns only and no other? co-producer non-fiction -- I think you don&#39;t need a hyphen for this. non-nvolvementhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/NegativePrefixes/hkkhm/post.htm#636809Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:36:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:636809yankeeHi Anon Can you be more specific? Do you want to know whether there are rules for prefixes such as un-, im-, in-, il-, ir- ?http://www.englishforums.com/English/TeachingReadingComprehension/hjdnh/post.htmSun, 04 Jan 2009 10:02:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:629959successorIt seems to me that reading comprehension skills are very difficult for many English learners. What aspects would you like to emphasise in teaching reading comprehension? Or should it be taught at all? Is it enough if students just read on their own? It think that one of the most important things is to read as widely as possible, ie. EXTENSIVE READING essential. Also the amount of time you spend on reading may help. In addition, if students are allowed to choose the books they read, they will find reading more interesting and thus be more engaged. It might be a good idea to discuss the books one has read with a teacher or a friend, biut I don&#39;t find that necessary. Secondly, VOCABULARY BUILDING is necessary. Teachers could help...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarVocabulary/hrlwz/post.htm#587969Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:08:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:587969cliveHi, 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...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarVocabulary/hrlwz/post.htmSun, 16 Nov 2008 00:57:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:587967knjigaCould 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...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrefixesNegativePrefixes/4/wvkl/Post.htm#584868Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:44:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:584868anonymoushi,guys!i can understand you...negative prefixes are extremely difficult!!just try to be patient..bye..http://www.englishforums.com/English/BigNumbers/2/hqwnl/Post.htm#665879Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:39:19 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:665879guy macon <http://www.guymacon.com/>Question: do I have the names right in the following table? In particular, are the &quot;in old UK System&quot; names correct? Are they all really old (no longer used)? Are they just UK, or are/were they ever in use other places? NAMED POWERS OF TEN and TWO (first rough draft) -Guy Macon - N/A 10E+36 N/A (01) 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 - N/A 10E+33 decillion 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 - N/A 2E+100 N/A 1 267 650 600 228 229 401 496 703 205 376 - N/A 10E+30 N/A (02) 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 - N/A 2E+90 N/A 1 237 940 039 285 380 274 899 124 224 - N/A 10E+27 octillion 1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Yb Yobi- 2E+80 yottabinary 1 208 925 819 614 629 174 706 176 Y Yotta- 10E+24...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordStems/2/bbwqp/Post.htm#577107Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:52:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:577107anonymousY&#39;all are getting confused between stems and root words. ROOT WORDS are words that can stand by themselves but are attributed by a suffix or a prefix like &quot;lovely&quot; where the word &#39;love&#39; is attributed by &#39;ly&#39; making it an adj. STEMS are parts of a word that cannot stand by themselves and are derived from other languages, such as greek or latin, these can be added with other stems, suffixes, and prefixes to form new words that have meaning through their stems. I&#39;ll break down a hard word made up almost entirly of stems so you see what I mean. ANTIDISSESTABLISHMENTARIALISM, anti-against, diss-away, establishment-the act of establishing something (not a stem), ism-act of doing something. Basically this means...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordStems/2/bbwqp/Post.htm#577104Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:32:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:577104anonymousyall are getting mixed up, ROOT WORDS are words that can stand by themselves but can be attributed by a suffix or prefix, such as &quot;Lovely&quot; the word &#39;love&#39; with the suffix &#39;ly&#39; making it an adj. A STEM is part of a word that derives from other languages, such as greek, that do not stand by themselves as a word but can be formed together with suffixes, prefixes, and other stems to form words with a deeper meaning. hope this clears things up =)http://www.englishforums.com/English/BigNumbers/hqwnl/post.htm#665854Sun, 12 Oct 2008 21:19:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:665854david mWe already often informally use &#39;k&#39; (kilo) for 1000, and, ... clearly-defined meanings and so there is no risk of confusion. Well, the &quot;informal&quot; use of K for 1000 very neatly demonstrates the problem with your proposal. Ah, but I didn&#39;t write &#39;K&#39;, I wrote &#39;k&#39;, and even clearly specified that I meant &#39;kilo&#39;, which is clearly defined as 10^3, as in kilogram. Indeed, there does still exist some confusion caused when &#39;K&#39; (note case) came into use to mean &quot;1000-ish&quot; (specifically, 1024, or 2^10, as you know) in binary computing terms. When computer memory and storage were still mostly counted in &quot;kilobytes&quot; (sic) the difference between 1000s and 1024s obviously...http://www.englishforums.com/English/BigNumbers/hqwnl/post.htm#665844Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:22:29 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:665844david mabout: Big numbers The news has been full of large numbers in the last few days. I was taught as a child (1950s) that &#39;billion&#39; was a million millions, and &#39;trillion&#39; was a million billions. Ah, but that was then, and this is now.. Due to varying definitions of &quot;billion&quot;, etc, and increasing globalisation, eventually one standard definition had to be agreed upon, to avoid confusion and misinterpretation. I&#39;m still not sure what a trillion is nowadays and that definition is unusually obscure. Will I now be universally misunderstood if I use the terms as I learnt them? Does anyone use &#39;milliard&#39;? We already often informally use &#39;k&#39; (kilo) for 1000, and, conveniently, the symbol for mega- (M) is...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichLanguageMostDifficultLanguage-Learn/4/vvgcd/Post.htm#537684Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:40:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537684forbesWhen you say that English morphology is simple, I assume you are referring to the comparative lack of grammatical inflection. English employs a wide range of prefixes and suffixes to form new words. So, while English is highly analytic, it is by no means totally isolating, though it has isolating tendencies. I think we have some difficulty with the word &quot;grammar&quot;. &quot;Grammar&quot; includes not only morphology, but also syntax. When a student says &quot;Latin has a lot of grammar&quot; he means that he has had to memorise conjugations and declensions. Equally, a student of English, when he declares &quot;English has no grammar&quot; means he has not had the chore of memorising lots of paradigms. But clearly English has syntax...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordsWithDoubleConsonants/ghdkc/post.htm#536568Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:52:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:536568califjimI am aware that its one M No. It&#39;s two m &#39;s. There is no general rule. panel has one n . flannel has two n &#39;s. These rhyming words should both take the same pattern! The least often doubled are h, j, k, q, v, w, x, y . It would be a rare word that contained a doubling of one of these consonants. In the case of Latinate verbs, doubling is a little more predictable. Many of these consist of a prefix (or two) and a root. Unfortunately, you have to have a good knowledge, or at least a good intuition, about Latin prefixes and roots. All in all, it is probably not worth the trouble to learn all the rules. Nevertheless, it may be instructive to examine a few cases. Prefixes: re , com . Root: mend . re com mend You need one m...http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrefixesNegativePrefixes/4/wvkl/Post.htm#525453Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:16:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:525453anonymousThat is an excellent explanation! I had a book once that explained the rules, and your description was many times better than what the book offered, and what I was hoping to find on the internet! Thanks!http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/2/pgkr/Post.htm#517736Fri, 23 May 2008 07:32:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:517736anonymousmy name is suma .i m from bangalore i sent you the first reply i forgot to say my name and also i gave only 4 example for prefix but i did not give for suffix 1.pain=painless 2.use=useful and we can use useless 3.fear =fearless 4.beauty=beautifulthese are example for suffixeshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/2/pgkr/Post.htm#517733Fri, 23 May 2008 07:24:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:517733anonymoussuffixes are words ends up with less,ful for example use is the word given to give the suffix for it the word is useless, beauty=beautifuletc these are suffixes.and prefixes are words starting with ir ,un,non etc for example 1.proper=improper 2.respect=irrespect 3. stop=nonstop 4.believe=unbelieve these are example for prefixeshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixPrefixUsage/gblbj/post.htmSun, 04 May 2008 08:10:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:509244bhikkhu1991Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers, 1. Could you teach me how and when to use suffixes and prefixes that are available from the dictionaries,for example, to form a noun,a verb and an adjective ? Thank you. With best wishes.http://www.englishforums.com/English/CompoundsHyphenHyphen/ndwc/post.htm#494007Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:48:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:494007anonymousI&#39;m afraid that in British English the rule *is* different. We do indeed tend to use hyphens after the prefix &quot;non-&quot; (which avoids the possibility of mispronouncing words such as &quot;nonnative&quot; ). As regards other prefixes, &quot;pre-&quot; and &quot;co-&quot; 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, &quot;micro-organism&quot; is also the preferred form, for similar reasons.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ListSuffixesPrefixesEnglishBase-Words/bkdvq/post.htm#479931Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:18:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:479931anonymouswhat is this for, homework?http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrefixesNegativePrefixes/3/wvkl/Post.htm#474514Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:04:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:474514anonymousThere are some rules to help you remember. This chart always helps my students. ir - used before r - irrelevant, irresponsible il - used before l - illicit, illogical, illegal im - used before p,b,m - imperfect, impossible, immoral, in - used before all other letters - uncomfortable, unexceptable un, non, and dis have no rules and require a little memorizationhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheCorrectUsageWordBelow/zkqkz/post.htm#471661Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:44:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:471661califjimWhen it comes to above and below used as adjectives, I prefer them after the noun. Some people insist that they can be used in front of the nouns, but that grates on my ear as much as the asleep man or saying We did that the before time instead of We did that the time before . It seems to me that all such modifiers (adverb-like or preposition-like words with a- or be- prefixes) are better after the nouns they modify. the list above; the list below; the photo above; the photo below. But in this specific case I would rephrase your sentence thus: The required actions are listed below. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/pgkr/post.htm#469306Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:05:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:469306anonymousActually "unlike" means not the same as, or dissimilar. "DISlike" means you don't like something.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/pgkr/post.htm#453857Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:56:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:453857anonymousDear, Anett a prefix goes on the begining of a sentence like un-,dis-,pre, and in. if you took the word like and added the prefix un- , to ityou get unlike wich means you dont like something.http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrefixesNegativePrefixes/3/wvkl/Post.htm#447611Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:04:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:447611anonymousi have no clue im trying to figure out the same thing so if u find out tell me and if i find out ill tell u! ~cupcake Princesshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSmallestUnitMeaningLanguage/zzhwz/post.htm#444544Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:32:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:444544grammar geekIn English, s is used for many nouns to make the plural form. The s in boys has meaning. The s in school does not. It's every bit that tells you something about a word, such as prefixes, suffixes, root words, etc.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhenIHaveTrouble/zzgmp/post.htmMon, 19 Nov 2007 18:17:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:444123kooyeenHi, this is a fork of a thread where Jim said: CalifJim wrote: I'm not sure what your opportunities are where you live, but the solution, where possible, is to choose someone whose pronunciation you like and whose judgment you trust, and just pronounce everything the way they do. You can choose someone like a news anchor, but that's not practical when you need to ask about the pronunciation of a particular word. It almost has to be some native speaker you come in contact with daily, preferably someone of the same sex and age as you, that is, as much like you as possible! So I wanted to show you what happens when I have trouble finding the pronunciation of a word. Yeah, choosing a model to imitate is a good thing, but......http://www.englishforums.com/English/ListSuffixesPrefixesEnglishBase-Words/bkdvq/post.htm#434914Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:32:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:434914anonymouslearn more prefixeshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/3PartsWordDoesMean/zccjn/post.htm#429105Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:25:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:429105khoffBut the words given don't have prefixes or suffixes! I would just ask the teacher for an example.http://www.englishforums.com/English/3PartsWordDoesMean/zccjn/post.htm#428977Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:28:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:428977anonymousi think you might be after prefixes, root and suffixes.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAffixAffectStressPattern/zrwrx/post.htm#420129Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:15:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:420129mno3195Mister 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?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAffixAffectStressPattern/zrwrx/post.htm#419949Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:54:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:419949mister micawberOffhand, 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichLanguageMostDifficultLanguage-Learn/3/vvgcd/Post.htm#416055Sat, 08 Sep 2007 22:46:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:416055anonymousAs 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 ház. my house: (az én) házam (but the word házam contains the az én part) in my house : a házamban. in my houses: a házaimban. your house: a házad in your houses: a házaidban a child: gyerek my child: a gyerekem to my child: a gyerekemnek to a child: a...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/pgkr/post.htm#385050Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:27:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:385050anonymousprefixes and suffixes are word parts we add to words to form other words. You can think of the original word as the ROOT. Plants have roots. From the roots other things grow. It is the same with English words. For example, take the word "respect." If a child gives respect to an adult the child is giving "honor" to that adult. The word respect means to give honor. If the child is always giving respect we can say the child is respectful or full of respect. However, if the child does not give honor to an adul then the child treats the adul with disrespect. Prefixes and Suffixes can also be called Afixes because we fix them onto words to make new words. Each prefix and suffix can have more than one meaning. For example, the suffix er can...