Using Relative Clauses
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We use a prefix at the beginning of the word to change the meaning and a suffix at the end of a word when we often use them to change the type of word. Understanding when to use prefixes and suffixes correctly are an important part of doing the word formation exercise , which is Part 3 in the Use of English exam.
We have already seen many of the negative prefixes and how we use them in English. Here we look at a much larger group of prefixes in English.
We can think about prefixes in these groups according to their specific meaning.
For example
As we said above there is a large group of other English prefixes. The examples below are the most common and it is important to learn and to recognise them.
together
between
against/opposite
incorrectly
again
many
very small
more
too much
too little, below
former, previous
partly
before
after
against/opposite
You can also learn more about negative prefixes and suffixes we use for nouns and people.
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