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NEED HELP ASAP!!!
Based on your understanding of affixes, choose the prefix that would adequately complete the sentence. Mom and Dad had to ____paint the house again because it was old.
A. re
B. dis
C. un
D. al

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juanda028

To start with, it is necessary to take into account that the prefixes are letters that are situated at the beginning of a word, changing the word's original meaning: Therefore, the prefixes re, dis, un, and al have different meanings. To answer this question it is necessary to understand the meaning of each one:

  1. Re: Again, back.
  2. Dis: Away, separate, not.
  3. Un: Not,  revesal of.
  4. Al: Is a suffix whose meaning is related to or like, but it is no a prefix; thus, this option can be discarded.

Therefore, the appropriate answer is A: re because they are going to paint the house again, so they are going to repaint the house. So, the meaning of "Repaint" is the act of paint something again.

I Agree with A (repaint) as well, but for a different reason.  There is a fine line between affix and prefix.  Affix is a lettter (s) added before the beginning or end to MODIFY  its meaning.

Prefix is at the beginning to  CHANGE it's meaning.. Define the difference betweem modidy and change...  (I can't-- can you? )

In the case of re-paint, i think that repaint can be defined as a prefix or affix.    So I pick A..also who else would use those other prefixes..  UnPaint a house.... ?  Really?   Or Dispaint?    Those aren't words..  I still pick A.  

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