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Compounding an Apostrophe Problem
I love fortuitous coincidences. I’d been fretting all week because I couldn’t think of anything to write about. Or rather, that I’d thought of around 15 things to write, and all of… more »
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Compounding an Apostrophe Problem
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Gabe wrote 1 week ago: I love fortuitous coincidences. I’d been fretting all week because I couldn’t think of … more »
Re: e(-)mail
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Gabe wrote 2 months ago: In the earlier post I wrote on the email/e-mail debate, I claimed that, were I backed into a corner, … more »
On the use of ex-
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Gabe wrote 3 months ago: I haven’t looked through much of the prescriptivist blather that no doubt filled the Internet … more »
Spelling - Prefixes - Post
quotes wrote 9 months ago: Affixes - Prefixes Lesson 159. Post is a Latin word, meaning after. post’script post-di … more »
Affixes - Kin, ling, let, and ule
azhttp wrote 9 months ago: Lesson 153.Kin, ling, let, and ule indicate smallness or diminution. lamb’kin man … more »
Affixes - ion ment fy ance ence ory ous
quotes wrote 9 months ago: Suffixes ion ment fy ance ence ory ous Lesson 152. Ion and ment denote the state of being, or the ac … more »
Affixes - Eer ier en ic ise ize suffixes
quotes wrote 9 months ago: Eer ier en ic ise ize Lesson 151. Eer or ier generally signifies one who has charge of; en means mad … more »
Affixes - Ist, ster, ee, and ess as Suffixes
quotes wrote 9 months ago: Lesson 150. Ist, ster, ee, and ess, generally signify the person who, or thing which. The last is an … more »
Affixes - Suffixes able and ible
quotes wrote 9 months ago: Able and ible used as suffixes signify that may be, capable of being, fit or worthy to be, or capaci … more »
Affixes - LESS and AGE
quotes wrote 10 months ago: Affixes Lesson 148. The termination less gives a negative meaning to the derivative; as graceless, w … more »
Affixes - NESS and FULL
quotes wrote 10 months ago: Affixes Lesson 147. Ness is from the Saxon nesse, and means state or quality; as, neatness, state of … more »
Teaching Affixes - AR ER OR
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quotes wrote 10 months ago: Affixes Lesson 144. Ar, er, and or signify one who does, or that which does; as, baker, one who bake … more »
Teaching Affixes
quotes wrote 10 months ago: Teaching Spelling - Affixes Lesson 140. Words ending in e silent, generally drop the e in adding ing … more »
AFFIXES
quotes wrote 10 months ago: AFFIXES.Many words are formed by adding something to the end of another word. The added part is call … more »
Affixes - ING
quotes wrote 10 months ago: Affixes - Basic Spelling Rules Doubling the Final Letter and Exceptions Lesson 139. Spelling rule fo … more »
AFFIXES - The added part is called an affix
quotes wrote 10 months ago: Lesson 136. OF AFFIXES. Many words are formed by adding something to the end of another word. The ad … more »
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