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reluctantly moving away from the Sandwich Shoppe…” (Frinkle) She confused “Shopee” with “Shoppe.” It is a valid mistake, because the “e” at the end of the word made her think she had to sound it out, but it was an error. Alexandra could also get some help with Affixes. Specifically, inflectional suffixes and derivational suffixes. Suffixes are “placed after a root to form a word with a different meaning or a different grammatical function.” (Graves, 2011, pg. 190) In a few sentences, Alexandra missed these suffixes. One of the sentences was “He was at the mall, looking hungrily at all the signs and different restaurants in the food court.” (Frinkle) Instead of putting the –ily in “hungrily”, she replaced the word with “hungry”. This kind of Affix is called derivational suffix, which means it “alter[s] a word’s meaning and its grammatical function. Common suffixes include –ly as in likely, -ive as in selective, and –ment as in excitement.” (Graves, 2011, pg. 190) Another sentence she had an error on was “The tempting smells of cheese and pepperoni led him to the pizza, but that just compounded the problems.” (Frinkle) In the sentence, Alexandra substituted “compound” for “compounded.” This kind of suffix is called “Inflectional suffixes,” which “make[s] a word plural of indicate[s] tense, as do the –s in dogs and the –ed in snowed.” (Graves, 2011, pg. 190) If the word “problems” was actually problem, then “compound” would be right since it will not be past tense anymore,…

the pronunciation and explanation of the sample sentence in question. Based off of the data collected during my interviews, I came to the conclusion that the Jordanian Dialect of Arabic employs both derivational and inflectional morphemes. This assertion is evidenced by several example sentences. Within the collected data, inflectional affixes are used in Arabic in the following ways. First they are used to indicate person in verbs. Ana ughani I sing ‘I sing.’ Anta…

The affix ‘de-’ means down, and the root ‘fama’ means report, together meaning ‘down report’. The use of the phrase, “should have removed him” assists the reader in understanding the word “defamatory” has a negative connotation when referring to Donald Trump. What this sentence says is that Donald Trump has said countless things that injure his reputation that should have caused him to drop out of the election months ago. When The Colbert Report was still airing on Comedy Central, they were…

The purpose of this essay is to analyze and evaluate the arguments made within the editorial piece entitled “Why Not Regulate Guns as Seriously as Toys?”, in order to establish whether or not the author has successfully engaged in responsible reasoning. Responsible reasoning has the author both arguing his perspective and presenting his supporting evidence in a way that is informative, open to criticism, respectful to the reader and knowledgeable of the context of the issue at hand therefore…

Pickwick, on the other hand, made numerous derivatives from the recordings for sale as their inventory which was not in accordance with the terms. According to the records, however, all the copyrighted materials was after a copyright notice. In 1977, Fantastic Fakes realized that the copyright notice used by the defendant was incorrect and they filed a case with the US District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The plaintiff claimed that the defendant was not liable for infringement of…

If you’re an adult missing one or more teeth, you’ve got plenty of company; according to the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), adults between the ages of 35 and 49 have on average 25.05 of their 32 permanent teeth. Luckily, nowadays there are a great many advances in restorative dentistry, so there are a number of ways to replace the missing ones. Among these, according to Dr. Goldsmith of Gunther B Goldsmith DDS, a Middletown, NY pediatric and general dentistry…

word formation with the use of affixes to derive a new word from the old one. For example, ‘reader’ is derived by adding suffix –er to the verb ‘read’. When the suffix –er is added to the verb ‘read’, a new noun ‘reader’ is formed. Another example is we can form the noun ‘sadness’ from the adjective ‘sad’. The noun ‘sadness’ is formed by adding suffix –ness to the adjective ‘sad’. Thus, we can identify clearly the changes of word classes that occur from noun to verb and adjective to noun.…

After a few years of living together, Luke became more and more open with society and is less stressed. As described by neighbors and teachers, he is comical, intelligent, and joyous. After being abused, neglected, and terrorized as a child, and without therapy or medications, Luke’s personality is transformed by the love and affection from Lantry. The conclusion of the essay purposes the belief that love has the power to transform. In the essay, tenderness has the potential to transfigure the…

italic paragraphs to stress the fact that those plans are what the nation should follow, especially not to ignore it because it needs to be accomplished with "sincere hope and attempt to put in practice". One of the things beginning with, "Of taxing our absentees at five shillings a pound; of using neither clothes, nor household furniture..." and so forth, is presented in his piece for those who are willing to accomplish those plans. To be more elaborative, he is extremely attempting to grab…

Decide on a basic wall color and then select one wall as your focal point and create a big daisy mural (copy a picture to a transparency, use an overhead projector and trace the outline) or purchase a ready-made one. Display the tops of artificial daisies (affix with reusable tac) or paint on smaller groupings of daisies on the remaining walls to bring the look of her teen room together. Other ideas for this bedroom theme include using a decorative border or reusable wall stickers, daisy print…