Explain how knowing the meanings of Latin prefixes, roots, and suffixes helps you to understand What you are reading.

In many ways.

Explanation:

The English language is literally derived from the Latin language. Therefore, knowing Latin prefixes, suffixes and roots can assist in understanding a certain word. For example, the word 'biology' sounds completely normal. We know it as a subject. But the prefix 'bio' in Latin, means 'life'. Whereas the rest of the word's 'ology' means 'the study of'. You can find many more of these prefixes, suffixes, and roots in the English language upon closer scrutiny.

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b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate.