Mrs. Mora teaches us how large words can be easily decoded by understanding word parts. Learn strategies to help decode words using prefixes and suffixes. Mrs. Mora teaches us how large words, like ...

When you add a suffix to a word ending in 'fer' you sometimes need to double the 'r', but how do you know when? When you add a suffixes and the second syllable of the new word is stressed, then you ...

For the second time this year, a dictionary publisher has given its “Word of the Year” honor to something that is not a word. Merriam-Webster declared the suffix “-ism” as the word (except it’s ...

This is the Grammar Guy column, a weekly feature written by Curtis Honeycutt. It’s the time of year when we get outside and curse at weeds. Yes, it’s spring, which means I’ll be refusing garden gloves ...

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 ...

Merriam-Webster says its dictionary website has had very high traffic for words ending in i-s-m. Words such as racism, terrorism, fascism and capitalism. Earlier this year, Oxford Dictionary announced ...

The editors of Merriam-Webster found that three little letters kept appearing at the end of words their users were looking up in 2015: –ism. Bronson Stamp for TIME And so for the first time since the ...