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In the word "claustrophobic" phob is the

a. suffix.
b. affix.
c. root.
d. prefix.

User Abid Raza
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Answer:

It’s the root

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User Herve Meftah
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In the word claustrophobic, phob is the root. The correct answer is C. It cannot be a suffix, because suffixes are added after the root, and here, the suffix is -ic. It also cannot be a prefix, because prefixes are added before the root, so here the prefix would be claustro-. It cannot be an affix, because affixes include suffixes and prefixes. Hope I helped! :) Cheers!
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