More narrowly, infixes are sometimes treated separately. In its broadest sense, an affix can be a prefix, a suffix, or an infix. Words like very, which can only qualify adjectives or adverbs but not verbs, are sometimes called adverbs, but are perhaps best put in a separate category.Īffix An affix is a morpheme which is added to a root morpheme in the formation of a word.
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Many English adverbs are formed from an adjective plus the ending -ly. extremely qualifies the adverb slowly in the phrase extremely slowly. astonishingly qualifies the adjective vivid in an astonishingly vivid colour, or other adverbs, e.g. Adverbs can also qualify adjectives, e.g. Examples are furiously which qualifies the verb sleep in Colourless green ideas sleep furiously, or intensely which qualifies stared in He stared at me intensely. The apples were green.Īdverb A word which qualifies or further describes a verb, adjective or adverb. Adjectives can also appear after verbs like be, e.g. Examples are colourless and green which qualify ideas in Colourless green ideas sleep furiously. See also passive.Īdjective A word which qualifies or further describes a noun or noun phrase. The verb in an active sentence can be said to be in the active voice. it describes what one thing (the subject) does, often to another thing (the object). If you find any errors, please e-mail me at | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | ZĪctive An active sentence is one which has a basic pattern like the man is running or the dog bit the cat, i.e. Some links on this page work better if Javascript is turned on. Javascript is currently turned off in your browser. Unless otherwise stated, definitions are based on the English language. Some terms may be used differently by different authors. Warning: This web page was originally constructed to help computer science students who were taking my module on natural language processing.
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