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Is there a name for the set of words which have an apparent prefix but for which the corresponding word without the prefix does not exist?
(Examples: unruly, misnomer)
Words & Wordplay11 months agoWhich is grammatically correct? "The most important thing to consider [is / are] the many payment options."?
"thing to consider" is singular, but "payment options" is plural, so should I use 'is' or 'are'?
5 AnswersWords & Wordplay1 year agoIs "effect" a contronym?
This noun only refers to its opposite ("cause") when used as a verb (i.e. to effect means to cause). But words which are different parts of speech are not exactly opposites.
1 AnswerWords & Wordplay2 years agoWhy do labor unions object to "right-to-work" laws?
3 AnswersPolitics2 years agoDoes Mr. T have time for jibber-jabber?
8 AnswersOther - Television2 years agoCould I use a relative clause in this context?
To link these two sentences:
"These are the items."
"I don't know what they are."
Could it somehow be phrased, "These are the items which..."?
4 AnswersWords & Wordplay2 years agoWho would be at fault in this collision?
A car is moving in the center lane and changes to the right-hand lane. At the same time a car pulls onto the road from the right (into the right-hand lane also) and they collide.
3 AnswersLaw & Ethics2 years agoIs there a name for the grammatical rule whereby the relative pronoun should occur directly after its antecedent?
This is my brother's car, who is at college.
vs.
This car belongs to my brother, who is at college.
1 AnswerWords & Wordplay2 years agoHas any animal ever learned to read written language?
8 AnswersZoology2 years agoCan animals recognize whether a human is male or female?
5 AnswersZoology2 years ago
