I was asked in class today about whether the negative prefix 'im' is always followed by a 'p'. Not knowing (or remembering!) the answer off the top of my head, I decided to look it up. Thanks to Google, I found the following (taken from: http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/blog/learn-english/grammar/negative-prefixes/):
Words that take im– as a negative prefix always begin with the letter m or p.
affirmative
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negative
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mobile
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immobile
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moral
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immoral
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perfect
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imperfect
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possible
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impossible
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