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 ...

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 ...

Words are not random units. Rather, they follow hidden linguistic structures that demonstrate how language generates meaning ...

Sometimes I think the people behind punctuation rules are co-conspirators in a plot to drive us insane. Then I realize they could be coconspirators. That’s when I know their plot has succeeded. Of all ...