Numerous English words have a root and an affix. Do you think that the availability of affixes means there are more or fewer words in the English language? Provide your answer in a well-developed paragraph. You will be graded according to the rubric in your lesson.

Words formed by inflectional or derivational elements (prefix; infix; suffix) are usually considered new words, once adding them to a base or stem. If two words have the same root with different affixes, they are considered different words, meaning that affixes allow more words. On the other hand, simply modifying an existing word wouldn't have much impact, considering that not all modification of a root would actually be meaningful.