http://www.englishforums.com/search/Prefixes.htmSearch results for 'Prefixes'en-USXMOD (Build: 3607.32596)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrefixesNegativePrefixes/4/wvkl/Post.htm#968534Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:26:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:968534anonymousI need help with the prefix non and my math. lol sincerly chase gwinhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PrefixesNegativePrefixes/4/wvkl/Post.htm#950813Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:12:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:950813andreabritobabapullehi,"the terms you use are "coined phrases" 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 "plane-ing" a person is rather unlikely. Over 98% of the population in the western world would use "carred him" but if used in countries where there is traditional English, they would think that you meant "cared" and have omitted a very essential preposition'FOR' (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 'chord' and 'phase' I don't think you can specifically speak of a base word; instead they're more like derivations I think. Chord --> accord --> (Latin) Ad+cord --> 'cord' (heart) (here perhaps a suffix + base word) Phase --> (Greek) Phasis (more like the original word but in another form) However, in the case of 'assent': 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'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 --> sub + sequent + ly --> 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.htm#907551Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:59:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:907551califjimin- can be a negative prefix meaning not . un- can be a negative prefix meaning not . uni- is not a negative prefix. It means "one", as in universe or unify . CJhttp://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.htm#837343Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:23:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:837343grammar geekThe most common use I've seen is "anti-money laundering" which is the way it's used on government Web sites and a few non-profits that I saw. If the organization you're writing about it inconsistent in their own use, then they can't object to anything you do, so just be 100% consistent yourself after you pick one.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HyphensPrefixesAdvanced-Question/krdbb/post.htm#837292Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:25:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:837292mister micawberIn the first place, you need no hyphen if the whole thing is not an adjective: Harry Potter mania is sweeping the country. (noun) Harry-Potter -mania backlash has been violent. (an adjective, but awkward) Better: The backlash against Harry Potter mania has been violent.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HyphensPrefixesAdvanced-Question/krdbb/post.htm#837286Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:23:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:837286anonymousUnfortunately "Anti Money Laundering" is the title of a curriculum I am working on as lead editor, so I can't avoid it. I've also seen it as the name of an organization (used randomly and nonchalantly both with and without a hyphen between the first two words). But "anti" isn't even a word that can stand by itself, so I need to know what is the correct way to write this.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HyphensPrefixesAdvanced-Question/krdbb/post.htm#837099Tue, 28 Jul 2009 10:17:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:837099anonymousHi. I this this question is related to the tread topic. I was wondering how we could make sure that we need to hyphenate words to be a noun. Let us pretend that there is a very popular movie named xxx (and I think we should slant the title of the movie, and we want to make a compound word like " xxx -mania" (is that a compound word anyway?) I was wondering why it couldn't be the phrase " xxx mania," without a hyphen. What are the things we should look for? Is making sure it doesn't mislead readers one thing we should keep in mind? Would you recommend others?http://www.englishforums.com/English/HyphensPrefixesAdvanced-Question/krdbb/post.htm#836451Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:06:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:836451mister micawberIt never looks good, and perhaps the best approach is to rephrase: opposition to money laundering . However, if I were stuck with it, I would use 2 hyphens there.http://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'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'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't want to say the laundering is "anti-money" 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'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'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'd tried to look up "enbitter" by ways of inductive logic and, of course, came back empty-handed. You didn'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's a very general comment on verbal prefixes. The prefix 'mis' has the idea of 'do something incorrectly'. eg count/miscount, label/mislabel, quote/misquote So 'I mistrust him' means 'I feel it's incorrect/wrong to trust him'. The prefix 'dis' has the idea of 'do the opposite'. eg regard/disregard, qualify/disqualify, locate/dislocate So 'I distrust him' means 'I don't trust him'. 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/PrefixesAndSuffixes/jhcvc/post.htmFri, 19 Jun 2009 23:49:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:786728anonymousIn the word definitely, is de the prefix and ly the suffix??http://www.englishforums.com/English/HiCouldArticle/wlpcb/post.htm#727745Wed, 13 May 2009 05:17:05 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:727745cliveHi, In Japanese, there are 3 differnt kinds of ways to express something to someone with respect. Instead of 'hold a person in esteem', it's more natural to say 'show esteem for a person'. １．You can hold a people person in esteem by describing his acts or his owns (this doesn't make sense. His own what?) with some specific honorific words. This method directly makes his status higher without making your status lower. Similar comments apply here. 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/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/NegativePrefixes/wvqhn/post.htm#693161Wed, 01 Apr 2009 11:32:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:693161mister micawber. Just click your mouse on 'Join our Community' at the upper right of the screen. .http://www.englishforums.com/English/NegativePrefixes/wvqhx/post.htm#692742Tue, 31 Mar 2009 05:05:02 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692742avangiHi. Not sure what sort of problems you're having logging in. find the narrow yellow-green stripe 1/4" wide that goes all the way across the screen, a fifth of the way from the top. Toward the right hand side, click on either "Login" or "Join our community" You'll get a new screen. The right half is for registering, under "Not a member yet?". Just fill in the blanks. Pick a user name. Pick a password. Enter it in the two places. Enter your email. That should do it.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NegativePrefixes/wvqhx/post.htmMon, 30 Mar 2009 14:56:08 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692577anonymousThanks a lot!!! The information is very useful!!!   Help me to regester, please, because I cann't make out how to do that.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NegativePrefixes/wvqhn/post.htmMon, 30 Mar 2009 14:55:06 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:692576anonymousThanks a lot!!! The information is very useful!!!   Help me to regester, please, because I cann't make out how to do that.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/2/wbmdg/Post.htm#684507Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:51:14 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:684507delmobileI think the -ed is there to make the word sound more awkward and hence funnier. Also, of course the correct word is "born," so "borned" sounds like something an ignorant person would say, again making it a bit funnier.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/2/wbmdg/Post.htm#684013Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:16:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:684013michalsThank you for the new bunch of words. I need to ask you a question - what do you make out of bornedness ? How come the -ed- is there? Thanks in advance!http://www.englishforums.com/English/PrefixesNegativePrefixes/4/wvkl/Post.htm#681921Mon, 02 Mar 2009 13:23:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:681921anonymousI like to use "un" when it refers to something completely opposite to itself. I use "dis" when there is still a degree of the word existing. For example: I will refer my belief in a Great Spirit yet there are times when I am in unbelief (nothing); and times when I am doubtful or in disbelief.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/2/wbmdg/Post.htm#681552Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:10:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:681552delmobileOkay, here I am again. We had another couple to dinner last night and I noted two nonce-words, one from me and one from a guest. First - I was talking about a man who had broken up with his long-time girlfriend and describing how he'd told us about it. I said, "And then he said - I can't remember the exact phrase he used, but something assholey ." Another noun + y formation I thought of just now is a term you hear a lot on fashion and home decorating TV shows, " matchy-matchy ." ("If we use the plaid for the curtains, we should use something else for the bedspread and then yet another fabric for the chair. We don't want it to be too matchy-matchy.") Second from last night - I asked the guests,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/2/wbmdg/Post.htm#681280Sat, 28 Feb 2009 19:06:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:681280delmobileI don't think "not resembling" is technically ungrammatical, but the use of resemble as a verb is certainly more common and sounds much more natural. "Non-resembling" doesn't imply "each other." You'd still need a noun. There is a contest for cakes resembling important landmarks. Gina is entering a creation that resembles the Eiffel Tower. Gosh, I just baked Jim's birthday cake. Maybe I could enter that. What does his cake resemble? It's a non-resembling cake, I'm afraid. Just an ordinary round one. It has six layers with dark chocolate filling. Maybe I could stick a toy dinosaur in it and say it's supposed to resemble the La Brea tar pits.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/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/2/wbmdg/Post.htm#681133Sat, 28 Feb 2009 08:34:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:681133michalsThat'll do nicely, thanks I got a question concerning non-resembling . Supposing you were not linguistically creative, how would you paraphrase this? Is not resembling used then or do you normally use resemble as a verb, as in "The boys don't resemble each other". And btw: would that be okay to say: these not resembling boys instead of non-resembling boys ? Because the first option sounds kind of weird to my unnative (is there such a word? ) ear, just as if non-resembling had hidden "each other" in itself which not resembling lacks. So: these not resembling each other boys = these non-resembling boys .. If I'm talking nonsense, just say it. Thankshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/2/wbmdg/Post.htm#681037Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:33:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:681037delmobileI think I've found another nonce word - it's not in Webster's, at any rate. "Anonymised," meaning to make anonymous. A new nationwide study (pdf) of anonymised credit-card receipts from a major online adult entertainment provider finds little variation in consumption between states. Linkhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/2/wbmdg/Post.htm#678582Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:42:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:678582delmobileJust came across another one in a post on a political blog: Now that I think of it, Senator Shelby, I haven't seen your birth certificate. Is natural-bornedness and citizenship a requirement for your office? It seems to me that these words, at least in English, are usually created in a somewhat mocking spirit. Sometimes playful mockery, and sometimes more biting. I'll have to check the books on my shelf, but Tom Wolfe springs to mind as a writer who is given to this kind of thing. No need to thank me -this is really fun. Like a language scavenger hunt. And yes, the piano is my daughter's major instrument, but she also plays in a percussion ensemble and plays French horn well enough to march in the school band, if no...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/wbmdg/post.htm#678281Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:38:48 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:678281michalsHi, thanks for the info! I guess that every child is quite a unique person and once you're good at something you're not so good at something else. You say she's musical, does she play any instrument? I've always been a musical illiterate although music means very much to me. I guess that you have to be born with it :) I took down "breastal". You're helping me so much and I can't do much more than just say "thank you"http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/wbmdg/post.htm#678048Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:48:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:678048delmobileAnd I've thought of another one, also from a blog comment. I was writing about waiting for the results of a mammogram and used the phrase "breastal anxiety."http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/wbmdg/post.htm#677566Sat, 21 Feb 2009 15:25:36 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:677566delmobileShe doesn't really have difficulty, but she's just not what my friend's mother calls "a language person." She's very musical, not so verbal. Well into her toddlerhood she preferred to point rather than speak. An earnest psychometrist once told me she probably had a "language retrieval disorder," for which naturally intensive therapy was recommended. We turned that down :) I think her problems "retrieving" language do force her to depend on creativity, metaphorical as well as just inventing new words. But for the kind of test where you're supposed to have memorized a large stock of words other people invented, not so good. And occasionally she'll do something like say drawer when...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/wbmdg/post.htm#677340Sat, 21 Feb 2009 09:48:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:677340michalsWow, I didn't expect such a willingness to help and I'm most grateful to you. Thank you. I wouldn't call your daughter's ability to create these words as a language difficulty. Of course you know better, but I think that it takes a great skill at using a language to start playing with it this way What's more, "learnative" sure is an amazing example of language creativity, much better than Colbert's "truthiness" or "wikality", which are probably the result of some careful consideration and have not been coined on the spur of the moment, which must be the case with "learnative". "Embiggen" definitely fits my purpose too! As to whether a word must be transparent or...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/wbmdg/post.htm#677189Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:21:34 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:677189delmobileAnd more - you can see I can't stop thinking about your thesis! There is an episode of "The Simpsons" in which an actor playing Jebediah Springfield in an educational flm delivers the catchphrase, "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man." Here 's an episode summary which also contains a discussion of "embiggen" and another made-up word in the episode, "cromulent," which I don't think fits your purpose, as its meaning is not immediately apparent. (Anyway, my children assure me that cromulent is so well-known it has now entered the dictionary.)http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/wbmdg/post.htm#676846Fri, 20 Feb 2009 18:33:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:676846delmobileYou are very welcome. Her language difficulties unfortunately do not lead to high college entrance exam schools, but we find them utterly charming. It occurs to me that the famous Colbert "truthiness" might also be the kind of thing you are looking for. I love this kind of language play, which seems to be getting more popular. I will keep your master's thesis in mind and check back here.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/wbmdg/post.htm#676622Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:11:03 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:676622michals"Learnative" is absolutely brilliant and is exactly what I need. Thank you and your daughter!! "Non-resembling" sounds fine too. Thanks a million!!! If you have or come across some more, please share them toohttp://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/wbmdg/post.htm#676614Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:57:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:676614delmobileWhen our daughter was about ten, I suggested buying a book as a gift for a cousin. "Oh, Mom," she said in disgust, "don't get them anything learnative ." Does "learnative" count? In a recent blog post about the Ty company making Sasha and Malia dolls, I myself used the word "non-resembling:" The Oak Brook-based company chose the dolls’ names because “they are beautiful names,” not because of any resemblance to President Obama’s daughters, said spokeswoman Tania Lundeen. Um, sure. Needless to say, nobody got permission from the Obama family to make these non-resembling dolls.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/wbmdg/post.htmFri, 20 Feb 2009 12:45:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:676606michalsGuys, I'm writing my MA thesis about novel formations (so-called nonce words) in both Polish and English, and since I'm Polish I cannot come up with English examples just as freely as I 'produce' Polish words. What I am exactly looking for are words which are possible in English, yet they do not appear in dictionaries and are limited to only creative language users, or they do not appear at all. So, all ye dear native speakers of the English language wherever you roam, please, use your imagination and create me a few words so I can handle my share, finish the studies and enter the real world. I'm not looking for compound as I can find thousands of them while sailing the Internet. I need words made by affixation,...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'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't find that necessary. Secondly, VOCABULARY BUILDING is necessary. Teachers could help...