Learn bow to use prefixes and suffixes to break big words down into understandable word parts. Learn bow to use word parts, like prefixes and suffixes, to break big words down into understandable word ...

If something is “disheveled” or “unkempt,” could it also be “heveled” or “kempt”? So asked Ruth Penticoff of New Milford, Ill. And my wife threw in “disgruntled” and “gruntled.” So let’s explore the ...

There’s nothing wrong with hyphenating “multi-cultural.” There’s nothing wrong with not hyphenating “multicultural.” There’s nothing wrong with doing it both ways in a single document. But it’s very ...

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Sometimes I think the people behind punctuation rules are co-conspirators in a plot to drive us insane. Then I realize they could be coconspirators. That’s when I know their plot has succeeded. Of all ...

Regarding Andy Kessler’s “Little to Like on the Prefix Menu” (Inside View, Aug. 28): Can we toss some non-prefix words, too? The ever-irritating “existential” and “performative,” for example—words so ...

They are inconspicuous and usually very short – but they can have a great effect: In the German language, prefixes sometimes succeed in completely changing the meaning of a word. If you read carefully ...