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    Possibilities To Form Words

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    This document discusses various ways that new words can be formed in English, including through the addition of affixes like prefixes and suffixes, compounding existing words, clipping parts of words, blending words together, forming abbreviations, and back-formation by changing a word's part of speech or meaning. It provides examples of words formed by each method, such as prefixes like "under-" and suffixes like "-let", compound words like "flat-nosed", clipped words like "bus" from "omnibus", blended words like "motel", and back-formations like forming "edit" from "editor".

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    This document discusses various ways that new words can be formed in English, including through the addition of affixes like prefixes and suffixes, compounding existing words, clipping parts of words, blending words together, forming abbreviations, and back-formation by changing a word's part of speech or meaning. It provides examples of words formed by each method, such as prefixes like "under-" and suffixes like "-let", compound words like "flat-nosed", clipped words like "bus" from "omnibus", blended words like "motel", and back-formations like forming "edit" from "editor".

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    This document discusses various ways that new words can be formed in English, including through the addition of affixes like prefixes and suffixes, compounding existing words, clipping parts of words, blending words together, forming abbreviations, and back-formation by changing a word's part of speech or meaning. It provides examples of words formed by each method, such as prefixes like "under-" and suffixes like "-let", compound words like "flat-nosed", clipped words like "bus" from "omnibus", blended words like "motel", and back-formations like forming "edit" from "editor".

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    This document discusses various ways that new words can be formed in English, including through the addition of affixes like prefixes and suffixes, compounding existing words, clipping parts of words, blending words together, forming abbreviations, and back-formation by changing a word's part of speech or meaning. It provides examples of words formed by each method, such as prefixes like "under-" and suffixes like "-let", compound words like "flat-nosed", clipped words like "bus" from "omnibus", blended words like "motel", and back-formations like forming "edit" from "editor".

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    POSSIBILITIES TO FORM WORDS

    AFFIXES
    COMPOUND WORDS

    CHANGE OF FUNCTION IN THE SENTENCES

    LOANS

    CLIPPING
    BLEND JOINING WORDS
    ABREVIATIONS
    BACK FORMATION OR REGRESSIVE
    DERIVATION

    PREFIXES: under-, Pay-


    SUFFIXES: -book, -let
    NOUNS (motorcycle)
    ADJECTIVES (flat-nosed)
    VERBS (babysit)
    REDUPLICATIVES (expression where the second syllable or
    part of a word or expression imitates the first part in a
    rhyming or rhythmic manner tip-top)
    NOUN TO VERTB (bottle to to bottle)
    VERB TO NOUN (to swim to a swim)
    ADJECTIVE TO NOUN (daily to a daily)
    ADJECTIVE TO VERB (empty to toempty)
    ITALIAN (piano)
    FRENCH (champagne)
    SPANISH (Sherry)
    DUTCH (yacht)
    INDIA (pyjama)
    Of the first syllable (bus for omnibus)
    Of the last syllable (bike for bicycle)
    Of both (flu for infuenza
    Motels for motor hotel
    NATO
    To edit from editor

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