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

Anonymous — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:44:39 GMT

hi,guys!i can understand you...negative prefixes are extremely difficult!!just try to be patient..bye..

Re: Word stems

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:52:44 GMT

Y'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 "lovely" where the word 'love' is attributed by 'ly' 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'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 that you are against the doing away with establishing something. Like a new republican club is starting up in town to promote republicans to your otherwise democrat-laden town. You happen to be a republican (not saying you are =P) and the town wants to get rid of the club. You might show anitdissastablishmentarialism towards your neighbors for wanting to 'do away' with the club. (think I did that right, but you get the point)

Hope this helps,
Matt

Re: Word stems

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:32:46 GMT

yall are getting mixed up, ROOT WORDS are words that can stand by themselves but can be attributed by a suffix or prefix, such as "Lovely" the word 'love' with the suffix 'ly' 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 =)

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

Forbes — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:40:52 GMT

When 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 "grammar". "Grammar" includes not only morphology, but also syntax. When a student says "Latin has a lot of grammar" he means that he has had to memorise conjugations and declensions. Equally, a student of English, when he declares "English has no grammar" means he has not had the chore of memorising lots of paradigms. But clearly English has syntax - if it did not it would be soup.

In the introduction to my copy of Teach Yourself Malay the author says:

Malay is an easy language. Bafflingly easy. At the end of ten weeks you feel that you know all that there is to be known. At the end of ten years, you know you never will.

and

Malay words change their function according to context. Be prepared for this, and do not attempt to force the language into a set mould. It will escape.

Similar (but perhaps a little less extreme) observations may be made about English. It does not lack complexity; its complications are just different from other languages. The point is that some of the complications may not be perceived by native speakers or those who have learned it slowly over a number of years or live in a society where English is prevalent. Assertions that English is simple compared to other languages are purely subjective.

Re: Words with double consonants

CalifJim — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:52:28 GMT

Matsko
I am aware that its one M

No. It's two m's.

There is no general rule.

panel has one n. flannel has two n'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. recommend You need one m for the prefix com and another m for the root mend.

Prefixes: de, con. Root: struct. deconstruct No doubling required.

Prefixes: dis, con Root: nect disconnect One n for the prefix; another n for the root.

Prefix: op Root: pose oppose One p for the prefix; another p for the root.

Prefix: im Root: merse immerse One m for the prefix; another for the root.

Prefixes: ac, com Root: mod Suffix: ate accommodate One c for the first prefix; one for the next prefix. One m for the second prefix; another for the root.

Watch for these related groups of prefixes that are associated with doubled consonants:

col, cor, com, con; il, ir, im; op, oc, of; sup, suf; ac, af, ag, al, an, ap, ar, as, at

collect, correct, commend, connect, illegal, irregular, immerse, oppose, occur, offer, suppose, suffer, accede, affect, aggregate, allay, announce, approve, arrange, assault, attract.

There is no prefix am or om before m. These are reduced to a and o, so there is no doubling: amend, omit. The same applies to av and ov. avoid, overt.

Don't confuse the Latinate ac, af, ag, etc. with the "native English" prefix a, which connects with "native English" roots: awake, asleep, ago, awry, about, around, aloud, ... These never have doubling.

These comments just give a rough idea of a few of the sorts of ideas that underlie the patterns of doubled consonants in English.

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

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:16:49 GMT

That 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!

Re: suffixes and prefixes - prefixes and suffixes

Anonymous — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:32:09 GMT

my 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 suffixes

Re: suffixes and prefixes - prefixes and suffixes

Anonymous — Fri, 23 May 2008 07:24:47 GMT

suffixes 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 prefixes