Morphology

Morphology is a branch of linguistics that deals with words.

It can be defined as the scientific study of the forms and structure of words in a language. 

The smallest units of meaning are called morphemes.  Morphemes are of two types: free morphemes and bound morphemes. 

Free Morphemes: they can be defined as those morphemes that can stand on their own and make sense. 
For example: happy - read .

Bound morphemes: can be defined as those morphemes that can not stand on their own but must attach other words, usually free morphemes, to make sense.
For example: unhappy - reading. 

Free morphemes can combined together to form new words called compound words.
For example: 
Tea + pot = teapot
Star + light = starlight

Some of these compound words are written with a hyphen between them.
For example:
School + bus = school-bus
Taxi + driver = taxi driver.

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Every day vs. Everyday

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Every day (as two separate words ) is completely different from everyday (as one word).

Let's have a look at the following sentences to understand WHEN and WHERE to use these two words; every day and everyday:

1 - My friends and I go to the cinema Every day. 

2 - Going to the cinema is an everyday activity. 

As we see, in the first sentence Every day is used to mean each day while in the second sentence everyday was used to mean daily.

SoEvery day is an adverbial phrase of time used to show that the action happens each day. Everyday, on the other hand functions as an adjective that describes a noun.

Examples: 

1.    The weather forecast calls for rain every day of this week. ( adverbial phrase )

2.    Everyday occurrences don't upset Joe much.(adjective )

3.    I see him every day on my way to work. ( adverbial phrase )

4.    This is not unusual; it's part of her everyday routine. (adjective )

5.    She follows the same routine every day.( adverbial phrase )

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