Week 11: Morphology and Clipping
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# Week 11: Morphology and Clipping > **Course:** Jan 2026 - English II > **Focus:** Word structure, word shortening, and connector meaning. --- ## 1.
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Week 11: Morphology and Clipping
Course: Jan 2026 - English II Focus: Word structure, word shortening, and connector meaning.
1. Core idea
Week 11 is about how words are formed and reduced.
What to remember
- A suffix can be both a plural marker and a morpheme.
- Clipping shortens a word by removing part of it.
- Middle clipping removes a middle portion.
- Connecting words like
rathercan shift the meaning of a sentence.
2. Common traps
- Confusing a word's form with its function.
- Thinking clipping only happens at the end.
- Reading connector questions too loosely.
3. Speedrun pattern
When you see a Week 11 question, ask:
- Is this about structure or meaning?
- What part of the word changed?
- What relation does the connector express?