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    "definition": "An affix placed before a word stem to form a new word or inflection, such as un-, re- or pre- in English; name particles and honorifics placed before names are outside this sense unless they function as affixes attached to word stems.",
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      "SI Brochure for unit prefixes"
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      "False etymologies can misrepresent a word's structure.",
      "Hyphenation errors can misrepresent prefix attachment."
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    "out_of_scope": [],
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        "Mock or mangle names because of their prefixes.",
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        "description": "Which prefix.",
        "rationale": "Language decides rules.",
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            "description": "Source.",
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                "description": "Language.",
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                    "kind": "definition"
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                  {
                    "text": "Where does it come from?",
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                    "kind": "definition"
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                "description": "Productivity.",
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                    "text": "Is it still used to form new words?",
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                  {
                    "text": "Which dictionary records it?",
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        "description": "Name particles.",
        "rationale": "Names have prefixes too.",
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            "description": "Van, de, von.",
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                "questions": [
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                    "text": "Is the particle part of the surname for sorting here?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which national convention applies?",
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            "description": "Titles before names.",
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                "description": "Honorific prefixes.",
                "questions": [
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                    "text": "Which honorific prefix is appropriate?",
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                  {
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        "description": "Other languages.",
        "rationale": "Prefixes do not always translate.",
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            "description": "Matches.",
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                "description": "Equivalents.",
                "questions": [
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                    "kind": "action"
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                    "text": "Is the meaning preserved?",
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            "name": "Senses",
            "description": "Unit and phone prefixes.",
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                "id": "senses-finding",
                "name": "Senses",
                "description": "Other senses.",
                "questions": [
                  {
                    "text": "Is a unit prefix or a telephone prefix meant?",
                    "kind": "boundary"
                  },
                  {
                    "text": "Which entry fits?",
                    "kind": "action"
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    "Should individual prefixes be separate entries?",
    "How should name particle rules be recorded by country?",
    "How should unit prefixes be linked?"
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