If something is “disheveled” or “unkempt,” could it also be “heveled” or “kempt”? So asked Ruth Penticoff of New Milford, Ill. And my wife threw in “disgruntled” and “gruntled.” So let’s explore the ...

Mrs. Mora teaches us how to use prefixes and suffixes to decode words related to farming. Farmers use a lot of challenging words as part of their work growing and harvesting our food. Mrs. Mora ...

Prefixes are a group of letters that change the meaning of a word when they are added to the start. The prefix un- usually means 'not', so the new word means the opposite of the original. In this ...

Words are not random units. Rather, they follow hidden linguistic structures that demonstrate how language generates meaning ...

They are inconspicuous and usually very short – but they can have a great effect: In the German language, prefixes sometimes succeed in completely changing the meaning of a word. If you read carefully ...

Prefixes and suffixes can help us understand challenging words related to travel. Take a trip with Mrs. Mora as she teaches us how prefixes and suffixes can help us understand challenging words ...