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Affixes – rules for adding prefixes and suffixes

Affixes - suffixes, drop the consonant, drop the e, change y to i, add s, es, ies, change is ending to es, change us ending to i, change on ending and um ending to a, change ix and ex endings to ces for reading lessons

The process of adding letters to the beginning or ending of words to make new words is called morphology. Words are morphed into new words using affixes. Additions to the beginning of root words are called prefixes and at the end are suffixes. Here is a breakdown on the spelling, …

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