Question

Identify and define the affixes in the word "inflexible."

Answer 1

Answer:

Affixes: "in" and "ible"

Definition: "in" means "in," "into" or "not", and "ible" means "capable of being."

Explanation:

Words are composed of one or more morphemes, which are the smallest units of the meaning of a word that can not stand on its own.

The morphemes may be divided into root words (which hold the most basic meaning of a word) and affixes that are divided into two types: prefixes (placed before a root word) and inflections or suffixes (placed at the end of a root word).

The word "inflexible", for example, has the following composition:

• The prefix "in" that means "not," "in" or "into". In the word "inflexible," "in" means "not."
• The root word "flex" that means "to bend"
• The affix "ible" meaning "capable of being."

Therefore, "inflexible" refers to something or someone that is not capable to bend.

Answer 2

The root of the word inflexible is flex, which means that affixes are everything that is added to this root.
Having this in mind, there are two affixes here: a prefix in- and a suffix -ible.              ENGLISH WOOP WOOP Hope this helped