Homework Help: Grammar

Posted by lizzie on Friday, July 1, 2011 at 10:48pm.

1. The rain poured into the river and flooded the nearby community.
-simple sentence

2. Some indefinite pronouns are always plural and require plural verbs. select these pronouns.
A. both, many, several
B. everyone, everybody, any, several
C. somebody, someone, both, most
D. anybody, nobody, many, most

A

3. ruler
rule-root
er-suffix

4. scribble?
scrib-root
le-suffix

5. despise
de-prefix
spise-root

Grammar - Writeacher, Friday, July 1, 2011 at 11:22pm
1 - 3 = correct

4 = unsure; prefixes and suffixes should have meanings of their own, which expand the meaning of the root word. This is not so with this word.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/scribble
and
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=scribble&searchmode=none

5 = correct
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=despise&searchmode=none
Grammar - lizzie, Friday, July 1, 2011 at 11:52pm
Confused? So there is a root word for this word? It actually comes from the word scribe?
Grammar - Writeacher, Saturday, July 2, 2011 at 7:49am
Yes, it comes from "scribe" -- and I suppose your answer in your first post is correct. But I would never list -le as a suffix!

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