Hello! Let's work on affixation today! Whaaaaattttt?
Don't panick! Affixation is the process of adding a morpheme—or affix—to a word to create either a different form of that word or a new word with a different meaning; affixation is the most common way of making new words in English.
Prefixes and suffixes are "super" useful (you got it?) for customizing the meanings of words, but what are they?
A prefix is a group of letters (or an affix) that’s added to the beginning of a word, and a suffix is an affix that’s added to the end of a word.
Prefixes modify the meaning of a word. They can make a word negative, show repetition, or indicate opinion.
Some suffixes add to or change a word’s meaning.
Others can signal the word’s part of speech or indicate verb tense.
1. Time to sing!! Don't be shy...In fact, you will send me a video of yourself while singing this song...
...NOPE, thank you. I have enough with your homework...
Really? Come on, that can raise your mark and nobody would care, everybody is concerned about not getting infected haha.
Common Prefixes
Some of the most common prefixes in the English language are dis-, in-, and un-, which make words negative.
UN-KIND (not kind) It is still an adjective after adding the prefix.
Another common prefix, re-, indicates repetition.
RE-BUILD (to build again) It is still a verb after adding the prefix.
Other prefixes can indicate position:
Sub(meaning under or below)
subway and submarine
Supra- (which means above) often appears in medical terminology:
supraclavicular nerves (on top of veins and bones)
Rules for Adding Prefixes
1. Don't change the spelling of the original word or the prefix. Follow this rule even if the spelling results in double consonants, such as in the words misspell, irredeemable and cooperation.
2. Use a hyphen when joining a prefix to a proper noun, as in pro-American.
3. There should always be a hyphen after the prefix self- (as in self-esteem), and after the prefix ex- when it means former (as in ex-husband). Hyphens can also prevent misreading, mispronunciation, or confusion with other words.
For example, you should hyphenate re-cover (to cover again) to avoid confusing it with recover (to regain or repair).
Common Suffixes
Some common suffixes are -ed, -ing, and -ly. The suffix -ed changes verbs to the past tense. In the sentence “Sandy shoveled the snow,” The -ing suffix makes the verb take place in the present, as in the following sentence: “Sandy is shoveling the snow.”
The suffix -ly is commonly added onto adjectives to form adverbs (words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs). Examples of adverbs with the -ly suffix include joyfully, quickly, and loudly. The suffixes -s and -es make words plural, as in foxes, lamps, and chairs.
Rules for Adding Suffixes
1. When you add a suffix to a word, the original word usually keeps its original spelling.
2. Exceptions to this rule: If the original word is one syllable and ends with a single consonant, double the last letter. For example, tip becomes tipping or tipped, and run becomes running. If the word ends in multiple consonants, as in the word bank, last letter doesn’t get doubled. A common mistake:
write + ING: writing not writting
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