Fill in the blank with the most appropriate affix. Only the affix needs to be typed in.

The artist sold more of his work _ _ _ _ humously than when he was alive.

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Fill in the blank with the most appropriate affix. Only the affix needs to be typed in.

The artist sold more of his work _ _ _ _ humously than when he was alive.

BlackTom AI · Accepted Answer

This item asks for the most appropriate affix to complete the phrase: The artist sold more of his work _ _ _ _ humously than when he was alive.

Since the sentence is about happening after death, the correct affix must form the word that means 'after death' when attached to humously. A four-letter prefix that makes a real word is post-, yielding posthumously, which is the standard adverb describing actions occurring after death in relation to the person.

If we consider other potential candidates, prefixes like pre-, re-, or pro- would not create a recognized word with the base form 'humously' or would change the meaning in ways that do not fit the sentence context. For example, prehumously is not a standard word, and rehumously or prohumously do not convey the intended sense of after death.

The sentence structure relies on a single affix to modify 'humously' into a term that describes post-mortem activity. Therefore, the four-letter affix that correctly completes the word is post-, resulting in posthumously, which aligns with common usage and the semantic cue of events occurring after death.

In summary, the most appropriate affix is the prefix that yields a standard word indicating events following death, and that prefix is post-.

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate affix. Only the affix needs to be typed in. The artist sold more of his work _ _ _ _ humously than when he was alive. 简答题

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