Free or Bound?
Double or No Double?
French Fries
Noun Phrase Modifiers
100

does

doing

undo

<do> is a free base element.

100

pill

Double

100

chef, chivalry

<ch> ~ /ʃ/

100

the blue house

blue

200

action

active

react

<act> is a free base element.

200

bookkeeper

No double.

200

hour, honor

The silent <h>.

200

a bigger house

bigger

300

disrupt

interrupt

rupture

<rupt> is a bound base element

300

flatten

Double.

300

garage, massage

The <-age> suffix, especially pronounced as [ɑʒ]

300

our guest house

guest

400

month

Monday

<mon> is a bound base element

400

suggest

No double.

400

cigarette, kitchenette, suffragette

The <-ette> suffix.

400

the house on the hill

on the hill

500

devastate

vastly

<vast> is a free base element.

500

correct

No double.

500

beauty, bureau

<The <eau> trigraph.

500

the house that Jack built

that Jack built

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