-While on vacation at a beach, you notice a sandbar that seems to be sinking, day by day, into the
ocean. To describe it, you wish to give the word permanent a negative meaning. Which of the following is
a correctly spelled word that means "not permanent"?
A. Impermanent
B. Inpermanent
C. Irpermanent
D. Ilpermanent
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The correctly spelled word that means "not permanent" is A. Impermanent.
To figure this out, let's break down the word and use some rules of prefixes:
- The prefix "im" is commonly used in English to give a word the opposite meaning. For example, "impossible" means not possible.
- On the other hand, the prefixes "in," "ir," and "il" are not commonly used to give words the opposite meaning, at least not with the same meaning as "im."
- Since we want a word that means "not permanent," it makes sense to use the prefix "im" instead of the other options.
So, the correct choice is A. Impermanent.