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Dot.dot.dot Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

identifying root and stem

So I have difficulty to identify root and stem.
what's the concept of root and stem? can you provide me with some examples?

teacher,leadership,understanding,full-sized,preferred.
what are the stem and root of these words?

thank you:)
  

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'Stem' and 'root' have more or less the same meaning: the form of a word after all affixes have been removed. So the root or stem of 'unreadable' is read . In your examples the roots or stems are teach, lead, understand, size, prefer.

— Rover_KE

  • 'Stem' and 'root' have more or less the same meaning: the form of a word after all affixes have been removed.
  • So the root or stem of 'unreadable' is read .
  • In your examples the roots or stems are teach, lead, understand, size, prefer.
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'Stem' and 'root' have more or less the same meaning: the form of a word after all affixes have been removed. So the root or stem of 'unreadable' is read.

In your examples the roots or stems are

teach, lead, understand, size, prefer.
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thank you for your reply.

so the root or stem is of 'unreadable' is read. I don't really understand this statement. could you please elaborate or explain it?

why are the root and stem of leadership is lead? I thought the root is lead and the stem is leader?

also, how do you identify the root and stem of hyphenated adjectives such as ten-year-old, highly motivated, 4-b
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