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<p>or running (this can occur as the answer to a question such as What is he doing?). A form that cannot occur in isolation is a bound form, e.g. -y, is, and -ing (in Johnny is running). Non-occurrence in isolation is given as the primary criterion for boundness in most linguistics textbooks.</p>

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<p><a href="page.php?w=Affix">Affix</a>es are bound by definition. <a href="page.php?w=English_language">English language</a> affixes are almost exclusively <a href="page.php?w=prefix">prefix</a>es or <a href="page.php?w=suffix">suffix</a>es:</p><p>
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