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The root word phon means "sound." What suffix can you add to create a word meaning "having characteristics of sound"?

al

en

ic

ly

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Answer: The answer is -IC

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User Mahamoutou
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The correct answer is -ic.

When you add the suffix -ic to the root phon, you get the word phonic, which means 'something that has the characteristics of sound.' If you add the suffix -al to phon to create phonal, it means something related to sound, which is not the exact same meaning (so that is a wrong option).

Words phonen and phonly don't exist, so -en and -ly are wrong options as well.

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