Asked by ash

How are root words and base words different?
Only prefixes can be added on to base words.
Affixes can be added on to root words.
Root words can stand alone as words.
Base words can stand alone as words.
please help me its a graded thing and i dont want to fail
Answered by ash
please help me
Answered by Anonymous
surely your textbook explains the difference.
If not, google can provide many discussions on the topic.
Answered by ash
anonymous I don't have a textbook for language arts and google didn't help with the answer
Answered by oobleck
If google didn't help you, it's because you didn't use it. The very first result said:

A base word is a standalone English word that can also form other words with affixes (prefixes and suffixes). A root word is the Latin or Greek basis of a word that, generally speaking, can't be used as a standalone word.

so just what did you not understand?
Answered by hi
Base words can stand alone as words.
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