Question

Help please!
Numerous English words have a root and an affix. Do you think that the availability of affixes means there are more or fewer words in the English language

Answer 1

Undoubtedly, more.

If one word can have one or two prefixes and one or two suffixes, then there are five words made from that one, right?

Answer 2

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/represent

How many words can be made from the word "represent," do you think?

Answer 3

At least!! Here's another website that will show you even more words made from "represent."
https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=represent

Answer 4

So can you help explain more of the question i had asked though

Answer 5

What's hard to understand about it?

We have root words (base forms).
We can add prefixes to the beginning of the root word to change the meaning of the base word. (<b>mis</b>represent -- the prefix "mis" makes it a negative)
We can add suffixes to the end of the root word to change it from a noun to a verb or an adjective, depending on the suffix. ("represent" is a verb; "represent<b>ation</b>" is the noun form of that verb)

Try it out with different words. Let us know what you come up with.

Answer 6

Thx it really helped