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Hi. Nice article about morphemes. I made some small edits. Overall I think it is good, the tone is encyclopedic and neutral. I was curious about the cranberry morpheme section. I find it confusing as an example because I think 'cran' does have some degree of lexical meaning. I think it could be argued that it means 'cranberry.' Thus, we understand flavor concepts like, 'cran-watermelon.' Further I can imagine a situation in which a person asks, "What kind of sauce are you making?" with a response of "cran." I believe this exchange, although idiomatic, is clear and meaningful enough. In fact, I would argue that the use of the word 'blue' or 'black' would be more confusing even though they do have stand alone meanings and meanings attached to berry types. The singular, specific nature of 'cran' is what gives it meaning. The morpheme carries the meaning of 'cranberry.' I know this is a term/example you did not come up with, but I do not think it is the best example of the type of morpheme being described. Maybe, the article could offer more examples like, twilight or lukewarm, in order to refine the defined concept. Good job.Juniper Branchflower (talk) 02:13, 22 November 2016 (UTC)