37. _How are words divided in reference to form?_ Into simple and compound.

38. _How are they divided in reference to origin?_ Into primitive and derivative.

1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading — Part 10

39. _What is a Simple word?_ One that is not composed of two or more whole words.

1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading — Part 10

40. _What is a Compound word?_ One that is composed of two or more distinct words.

1001 Questions and Answers on Orthography and Reading — Part 10

41. _What is a Primitive word?_ One in no way derived from another in the same language.

42. _What is a Radical word?_ Same as primitive.

43. _What is a Derivative word?_ One formed by joining to a primitive some letter or letters to modify its meaning.

44. _What is Analysis?_ Separating a word or syllable into its elements or parts.

45. _What is Synthesis?_ The process of combining elements to form syllables and words.

46. _What is the Base of a Compound word?_ That word representing the fundamental idea.

47. _What is the Modifier in a Compound word?_ That word which describes the other.

48. _What is the Base of a Derivative word?_ The primitive from which it is derived.

49. _What is the Modifier in a Derivative word?_ The affix.

50. _What is an Affix?_ That part of a derivative word attached to the root.

51. _How many Root words in the English language?_ Over one thousand.

52. _What is a Prefix?_ That part of a derivative word placed before the root.

53. _What is a Postfix?_ That part of a derivative word placed after the root.

54. _What is a Suffix?_ Same as a postfix.

55. _What are Affixes?_ Prefixes and postfixes together are called affixes.

56. _How many kinds of Derivatives are there?_ Two.

57. _What are they?_ Regular and irregular.

58. _What is a Regular derivative?_ One that is formed by the addition of affixes without changing the letters in the primitive part (except final _e_ silent).

59. _What is an Irregular derivative?_ One in which the letters of the primitive part are changed.

60. _In using Affixes, what rule should be observed?_ The affix and root should be from the same language.

61. _Is the same rule to be observed in forming Compound words?_ It is.

62. _What is a Mongrel compound word?_ One formed contrary to the rule.

63. _Give an example._ Cable-graph and cable-gram.

64. _What are Barbarisms?_ Same as mongrel.

65. _When use the hyphen in Compound words?_ When they are not permanently compounded.