Foscari - Dipartimento di Scienze Ambientali, Informatica e Statistica

he doesn't get too far out in front, to where he can't hear their footsteps.' Tommy
Lasorda (US sports personality)
5 “A leader is someone ___________________ knows what they want to achieve and can
communicate that.” Margaret Thatcher (British politician)
In the text below, all the relative pronouns have been taken out. Put them back in, where
appropriate.
A leader among men
Carly Fiorina, has been called America's most powerful business woman, is Chief Executive of the
huge Hewlett Packard group, manufactures computers and printers. Ms Fiorina, has spent most of her
working life in the telecommunications industry, started out as a sales representative with AT&T, she
rose rapidly through the ranks. Later she was a key player in the creation of the equipment and
components company Lucent Technologies, she was in charge of the sales and marketing of
networking products. Ms Fiorina now oversees an organisation is one of the 30 leading companies in
the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
22 Prefixes
When you are reading, you will come across unfamiliar words. It is often possible to guess the
meanings of these words if you understand the way words in English are generally formed.
prefix stem suffixes
An English word can be divided into three parts: a prefix, a stem, and a suffix. Pre-means 'before'. A
prefix, therefore, is what comes before the stem. Consider, as an example, the prefix de- (meaning
'reduce' or 'reverse') in a word like demagnetize (meaning 'to deprive of magnetism'). A suffix is what
is attached to the end of the stem. Consider, as an example, the suffix -er (meaning 'someone who') in
programmer ('a person who programs').
Suffixes change the word from one part of speech to another. For example, -ly added to the adjective
quick gives the adverb quickly. Prefixes, on the other hand, usually change the meaning of the word.
For example, un- changes a word to the negative. Unmagnetizable means 'not capable of being
magnetized'.
Let us now consider some prefixes, their usual meanings, and how they change the meanings of
English words.
Prefixes
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