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OpenStudy (anonymous):

what a sufix and a prefix?

OpenStudy (xmoses1):

Prefix: Grammar . an affix placed before a word, base, or another prefix to modify a term's meaning, as by making the term negative, as un- in unkind, by signaling repetition, as re- in reinvent, or by indicating support, as pro- in proabolition. Compatible prefixes can work together, as un- and re- in unrefundable.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sufix?

OpenStudy (xmoses1):

A suffix is just the opposite. It goes at the end of a word to modifiy its meaning Suffix: Grammar . an affix that follows the element to which it is added, as -ly in kindly.

OpenStudy (xmoses1):

Does that make sense?

OpenStudy (mazefordays090):

A prefix is the part of a word in the beginning of it. A suffix is the end part of a word. For example a good word would be submarine, sub means under and marine would be water-life.

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