F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

suffix -a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word:
E.g.: The suffix “-ness” added to the end of the word “sweet” forms the word “sweetness”, changing an adjective into a noun.
E.g.: In the word ‘slowly’, ‘ly’ is a suffix.
E.g.: The suffix ‘less’ changes a noun into an adjective, meaning ‘without’.

prefix (n): 1-a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word:
E.g.: In the word “unimportant”, “un-” is a prefix.

affix-a letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to make a new word:
E>g.: The affixes un- and -less are often used to make negative words, such as “unhappy” and “careless”.

out of context-If words are used out of context, only a small separate part of what was originally said or written is reported, with the result that their meaning is not clear or is not understood:

E.g: The reporter took my remarks completely out of context.

superlative-the form of an adjective or adverb that expresses that the thing or person being described has more of the particular quality than anything or anyone else of the same type:
“Richest” is the superlative of “rich”.
The magazine article contained so many superlatives that I found it hard to believe that what it was saying was true.

We only use the adjectives elder and eldest before a noun (as attributive adjectives), and usually when talking about relationships within a family:

eldest (adj):being the oldest of three or more people, especially within a family:
E.g.: Her eldest child is 14.

My eldest (N) is at college