DK Grammar Guide

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Prefixes are small groups of letters which can be

added to the start of many words to give them

different meanings.

Prefixes attach to the start of a word to change its meaning. Prefixes

usually give the same change in meaning to each word they attach to.

PREFIXES

FURTHER EXAMPLES

See also:

Types of verbs 49

Singular and plural nouns 69 Adjectives 92

Prefixes

= not

= wrongly

= again

= not

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Some words can take more

than one kind of prefix to

give different meanings.

COMMON PREFIXES

USING PREFIXES

PREFIX MEANING SAMPLE SENTENCE

against

together

not

former

not

between, among

middle

wrongly

not

better than others

too much

after

before

again

oneself

under

above, over

reverse, cancel, not

beneath, below

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