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>In a world of procrastinators, there's seldom a need for "prepone".<
Ruby raises hand in silent admission.........
Reminds me of a postcard I have hanging on my wall at work:
Don't Rush Me,
I'm Waiting For The Last Minute
Now, with the confession out of the way, I can state that were I one of *those* kind of people who are wont to prepone anything, I would definitely use 'prepone' to assert that such an activity was actually taking place in my life. I like words that become an absolute opposite, just by changing the prefix.
Since postpone is the opposite of prepone, how come postfix isn't the opposite of prefix? <eg>
how come postfix isn't the opposite of prefix?
Huh?
Postfix is the opposite of prefix:
Postfix: http://www.bartleby.com/61/99/P0469900.html
Prefix: http://www.bartleby.com/61/8/P0520800.html
Okay, so how come we say suffix?
how come we say suffix?
Good question. Etymologically postfix is a better word for what we do. A postfix is an affix that goes after the root, post fix, not under the root, sub fix. http://www.bartleby.com/61/63/S0866300.html
Without digging into the results too deeply, suffix scores 1.03kT and postfix 1.12kT. There seems to be a software program called Postfix that's skewing the results, but.
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