Prefixes

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Prefixes go at the start and change meaning.

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Prefixes go at the start and change meaning. Un- in unhappy. Prefixes go at the start and change meaning. Un- in unhappy.

Prefixes go at the start and change meaning.

Un- in unhappy.

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Do prefixes change a word's meaning?

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