General Rules of Word Dissection Flashcards

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Rule 1

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Read word parts from back to front to get the meaning of the whole word

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Rule 2

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If a suffix starts with a vowel drop the combining vowel of the combining form before it

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Rule 3

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Keep a combining vowel between two word roots regardless of if the second one begins with a vowel

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