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Free and bound morphemes. From these examples, we can make a broad distinction between two types of morphemes.Thereare freemorphemes,thatis,morphemesthatcanstandbythemselvesas single words, for example, open and tour. There are also bound morphemes, which are thoseformsthatcannotnormallystandaloneandaretypicallyattachedt oanotherform, exemplifiedas re-, -ist, -ed, -s.