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Tip #350:  The meanings of words in the English language...

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Tip #350:  The meanings of words in the English language are expressed by combining the word root with significant affixes (elements added to the beginning or a word (prefix) and elements added to the ending or the word (suffix).

By learning how an English word is made will help improve your vocabulary, reading, writing, and speaking skills.

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Write one word for each of the following expressions.  In each case , the word must use one of the following prefixed:  INTER (between), SUB (under), or BENE (well): (Thanks to Jennifer Stewart for this exercise)

  1. to ask for a favor for someone
  2. one who receives money, etc. at a person’s death
  3. lower in rank
  4. ceasing and going on again at intervals
  5. to scatter or place randomly
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, author, Lynne Truss The Everything Resume Book by Steven Graber
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction , by William Knowlton Zinsser  The Gregg Reference Manual, by William A. Sabin 
The Elements of Style, by William Strunk, White, E. B. White  How to Take the Fog Out of Business Writing, by Robert Gunning, Richard A. Kallan (Contributor) 

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