Define word formation. write any four words having prefix and suffix
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The most common prefixes used to form new verbs in academic English are: re-, dis-, over-, un-, mis-, out-. The most common suffixes are: -ise, -en, -ate, -(i)fy. By far the most common affix in academic English is -ise.
e.g., fax (facsimile), flu (influenza) and bot (robot).
A suffix (also called ending) is an affix that is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs.
Suffix examples: -ile: Futile, senile, fragile… -y: Rainy, funny, dirty, messy, dirty… -ise, -ize: Publicise, synthesise, hypnotise.
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There are four main kinds of word formation: prefixes, suffixes, conversion and compounds.
Prefixes
We add prefixes before the base or stem of a word.
examples
prefixes
monorail, monolingual
mono- means ‘one’
multipurpose, multicultural
multi- means ‘many’
post-war, postgraduate
post- means ‘after’
unusual, undemocratic
un- means ‘not’ or ‘opposite to’
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Prefixes
Suffixes
We add suffixes after the base or stem of a word. The main purpose of a suffix is to show what class of word it is (e.g. noun or adjective).
examples
suffixes
terrorism, sexism
-ism and -dom are used to form nouns
employer, actor
-er and -or are used to form nouns to describe people who do things
widen, simplify
-en and -ify are used to form verbs
reasonable, unprofitable
-able is used to form adjectives
unhappily, naturally
-ly is a common suffix used to form adverb