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Word formation basically has to do with the forming of new words with the words that you
already know. The key for you to master word formation is learning about prefixes
and suffixes. Now this changes the meaning of a word. Prefixes are added to the beginning of
the word and suffixes are added to the end of the word. For example, let's look at the word
imperfectly. The first thing you want to do is get to the root or base of the word.
In this case the root is "perfect" from there you add either prefixes or suffixes to change
the original meaning. In this example we have the suffix L Y and the prefix I M. Also notice
that we use the words differently. For example, "he's a perfect swimmer." "He swims perfectly."