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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Prefix and suffix

I'm having trouble with prefix and suffix. I hope you guys can help me with it. I wonder when I have to use dis-, mis-, un-, anti-,irr-, counter-, ill-, a-, ab-, sub-, hypher-, im-, in-, non-,etc
  

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Anonymous I wonder when I have to use dis-, mis-, un-, anti-,irr-, counter-, ill-, a-, ab-, sub-, hypher-, im-, in-, non-,etc The choice is not yours (at least, until you become a fluent writer and create your own words); you need to use the dictionary to see which prefix is used with any given word. )

— Mister Micawber

  • Anonymous I wonder when I have to use dis-, mis-, un-, anti-,irr-, counter-, ill-, a-, ab-, sub-, hypher-, im-, in-, non-,etc The choice is not yours (at least, until you become a fluent writer and create your own words); you need to use the dictionary to see which prefix is used with any given word.
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Anonymous I wonder when I have to use dis-, mis-, un-, anti-,irr-, counter-, ill-, a-, ab-, sub-, hypher-, im-, in-, non-,etc
The choice is not yours (at least, until you become a fluent writer and create your own words); you need to use the dictionary to see which prefix is used with any given word. Suffixes are also already assigned by history to word roots
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