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#98983 03/21/03 05:34 AM
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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.




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Since postpone is the opposite of prepone, how come postfix isn't the opposite of prefix? <eg>


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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


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Okay, so how come we say suffix?


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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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