Mrs. Mora teaches us how large words can be easily decoded by understanding word parts. Learn strategies to help decode words using prefixes and suffixes. Mrs. Mora teaches us how large words, like ...

When you add a suffix to a word ending in 'fer' you sometimes need to double the 'r', but how do you know when? When you add a suffixes and the second syllable of the new word is stressed, then you ...

Many words in English are formed from the same root or base word. By adding different suffixes, a range of new words can be formed. A suffix is a letter or a group of letters that are added to the end ...

A suffix is a letter or a group of letters that are added to the end of a word to make a new word. Here are some tips on using the suffixes '-able', '-ous' and '-ly'. The act of selling is a sale.

The canonical use of -ish is as a suffix meaning “approximately,” as in bluish, tallish, sixish, or even hungry-ish. This is the definition—the only definition—that you’ll find in Merriam-Webster, ...

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This is the Grammar Guy column, a weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. It’s the time of year when we get outside and curse at weeds. Yes, it’s spring, which means I’ll be refusing garden gloves ...

While speakers of English and other Western languages prefer using suffixes more than prefixes, a new study reveals that this preference is not as universal as once thought. Linguistic researchers use ...