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Affixes is a morpheme (bound

morpheme) which only occurs

when attached to some other

morphemes such as a root, steam

or base. There are three kinds of

affixes which are as follow :

Prefix is an affix attached before a root, steam or

base, like : re-,un-, -in, etc.

Suffixe is an affix attached after a root, steam,

base, like : -ly, -er, -ist, -s, -ing, and –ed.
Infix ia an affix inserted into the root itself.

Example :

Write(root)+ (re-) = rewrite(base)+ (-ed) =

rewrited (steam)