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Word stems

0 what are the word stem?is the a list of all the word stems in english available?i like to have the list or please tell me the book or internet site in which i can find the list. 0-
  

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0 Pretty much any word can be a 'word stem' in English, Guest. 02br 02br 00The word stem for 'prettily' is 'pretty'. 02br 02br 00The word stem for 'wordiness' is 'word'.

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  • 0 Pretty much any word can be a 'word stem' in English, Guest.
  • 02br 02br 00The word stem for 'prettily' is 'pretty'.
  • 02br 02br 00The word stem for 'wordiness' is 'word'.
  • 02br 02br 00The word stem for 'stemy' is stem' 02br 02br 00The word stem for 'guestification' is 'guest'.
  • 02br 02br 00I've stretched the envelope a tad on the fourth one but English is a language wherein we can add many suffixes [after the stem] and prefixes [before the stem] to create new words.
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0 Pretty much any word can be a 'word stem' in English, Guest. 02br
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00The word stem for 'prettily' is 'pretty'. 02br
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00The word stem for 'stemy' is stem' 02br
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00The word stem for 'guestification' is 'guest'. 02br
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00I've str
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False, a word stem is a root derived from another language that forms a part of another word but cannot be a word by itself, such as anti, scope, sci, micro, macro, tele etc.
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anti-, micro-, re-, -tion, -ish, etc. are not stems (roots); they are affixes.

In bluish, blue is a stem and ish is an affix.
In convenience, ven is a stem, and con- and -ence are affixes.

There are thousands of roots in English. I doubt there is a list of them. They can sometimes be easy to identify, though, especia
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I thought the

the root word for prettily is pretty

the stem of biology is bio meaning life and ology meaning study of
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0Yes. The Stem or Root of a word is the foundation from which the word comes from. For example: 02br
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00The Stem of Lovely is Love02br
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00Of Leafy it is leaf02br
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00Of reorganisation it is organise02br
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00Of unreasonable it is reason02br
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00The 01i00re, un, ly, tion,
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Word stems are kindof fun. I do them in school every week!!!! They are kind of weird though! I never heard of them before 7th grade!
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0im doing stems in school.02br
00I am in 7th grade and i have no idea how to study so i will remember them.02br
00How could i remember tons of stems?02br
00Do we need stems later in life?02br
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00i would really appreaciate it if you could help.02br
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10Do we need stems later in life?12blockquote
10 If you are going to have a career in the sciences, especially the life sciences, you will definitely have an advantage if you know word stems and affixes. Most biological, chemical, and medical terms, for example, are combinations of roots an
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0you can go to 01a05000 02a0250hrefhttp://www.anderson1.k12.sc.us/schools/wrhs/webuser/keyk/Stems%20lists/stem%20list%2040.htm
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