By Nouns, Suffixes

Hello Grammar Teacher/Teachers, 1. Could you teach me how and when to use suffixes and prefixes that are available from the dictionaries,for example, to form a noun,a verb and an adjective ? Thank you. With best wishes.

In English, s is used for many nouns to make the plural form. The s in boys has meaning. The s in school does not. It's every bit that tells you something about a word, such as prefixes, suffixes, root words, etc.

As with much of language, it's a matter of arbitrary usage. There are no rules. The conservative approach is not to use a combination unless you've heard it or read it somewhere. This is not really different from the structure of individual words, which cannot be invented by putting roots...

ARCHI wrote: I am having difficulty using nouns with suffixs -ment, -ism, -ity, -ance/ence,-cy, -ation, -ication, -tion, and-sion As you know, these suffixes simply make another part of speech a noun. I'm not sure what you don't understand, but I'll give a few examples. Entertain =...

Clive wrote: Hi, I haven't heard the expression 'a verbal noun'. How would you define it? Yes, gerunds can have an article. Clive When I was studying Turkish, we used the term 'verbal noun' to identify a verb form made into a noun by adding suffixes to denote person, possession, time,...

Hi I am confused about the use of to or into--could you please help me out? I give my students questions like this: 1- By using suitable suffixes, change the following nouns to (into?) adjectives. Child, Fool, Danger, etc Change the following sentences to (into?) passive voice. By removing...

Hi! I'd like to ask anybody. How can I easely learn prefixes an suffixes. Is there a dictionary what can easely help me? For instance, I can have the verb perform. Noun is performance, person is performer, adjective is performaly, and negative adjective, adverb and negative adverb. My dream...

There is virtually no gender system in English, Reikha. There are the distinguishing singular personal pronouns (he, she, it) and ships are (or were) often referred to as 'she'-- and I think that is about all of our 'system'. Oh yes, some nouns still reflect sex in their suffixes: aviatrix,...

I don't think I understand the question. Nouns, adjectives, and adverbs are called parts of speech. Is that the terminology you're looking for? The study of how words are put together using meaningful prefixes and suffixes like -ness, -able, -ly, and so on, is called morphology. Is that...

Wow, I had the same question, but with help from this thread, I got enough ideas to formulate some solutions of my own. Thank you!As for starter ideas, I thought of the terms:humanity/humanitarian,just,compassion,chivalrous,civil/civic,benevolent ...Benevolence vs Malevolence? I'm partial to...