http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aSuffixesSearch results for 'tag:Suffixes' matching tag 'Suffixes'en-USXMOD (Build: 3616.28671)http://www.englishforums.com/English/SpellingWord/ljnkg/post.htm#966936Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:17:40 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:966936califjimWhat is a good sentence for using the word " economics " . Tere is not aloud to be any suffixes Suffixes are not allowed. Do you mean that no suffixes are allowed in the entire sentence? Or that suffixed forms of "economics" like "economical" are not allowed? Why not try it yourself first? CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/English/lzblg/post.htmFri, 16 Oct 2009 02:17:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:943778anonymouswhat are 8 suffixes that signal a word is a noun?http://www.englishforums.com/English/BaseWords/lddmq/post.htm#935427Fri, 09 Oct 2009 16:39:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:935427dokterjokkebrokHi For 'chord' and 'phase' I don't think you can specifically speak of a base word; instead they're more like derivations I think. Chord --> accord --> (Latin) Ad+cord --> 'cord' (heart) (here perhaps a suffix + base word) Phase --> (Greek) Phasis (more like the original word but in another form) However, in the case of 'assent': Assent = probably derived from as+sent; to sent, which could be considered as the base. Perhaps this is more the area of etymology, but it's interesting nonetheless. Other words are sometimes more distinct and you can see more clearly that they consist of prefixes, infixes, and/or suffixes. e.g. subsequently --> sub + sequent + ly --> sequence...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/2/pgkr/Post.htm#902411Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:17:20 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:902411mister micawberLatin caecum , meaning 'blind', has come directly into English as caecum/cecum (n) and caecal/cecal (adj). There is not a separate prefix for English words.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/2/pgkr/Post.htm#902370Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:45:49 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:902370anonymousim looking for a prefix that start with cec and means blindhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatAbstractNounFollowingAdjectives/kmkhz/post.htm#897474Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:08:11 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:897474califjimstrong, wide, broad, high, young, true, wise, free, poor, humble, short, good, proud, just, decent, prudent, vacant, brave, rain, cruel, dark, sweet, novel, save, bitter, deep, human, quick, ignorant Think in terms of suffixes like -th, -dom, -ty, -ity, -ness, -ice, -ance, -ence, -ancy , etc. and use your dictionary to find them. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Pronunciation/kknwv/post.htm#891218Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:57:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:891218raindoctorWhat's your point? I made an implicit point: it is not cognitively productive to remember pronounciation for every word. What learners should be taught: a set of heuristics to find possible pronunciations for a word. Mastery of phonetics (or how to produce bilabial fricative, etc) does not help much. English phonology helps. Since it is a 3-syllable word, it can have two variations: stress-unstressed-stressed; unstressed-stressed-unstressed. When a syllable gets stressed, it usually attracts consonants to the onset as well as the coda; it also allows for consonant clustering (wis-'con-sin vs. wi-'scon-sin). Suffixes also give a clue on where stress falls (for instance, one can predict where primary stress falls in...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SpellingTime/kwdgc/post.htm#875599Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:11:31 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:875599dokterjokkebrokHi I didn't mean to undermine your answer. I'm sorry if I implied such a thing, but I was merely giving an example and saying that, given the actual pronunciation of most of these suffixes, I find it more logical to use -ize, since people wouldn't be tempted into pronoucing -ise like /-ais/ anymore. So, I meant to say nothing about whether '-ise' isn't acceptable or not. Kind regards Dokterjokkebrokhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WhatCorrectFormWordLazyAbstract-NounUsingCorrectSuffiixes/kgnzd/post.htmWed, 19 Aug 2009 12:52:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:868533anonymouswhat is the correct abstract noun of the word lazy using the correct suffixes?http://www.englishforums.com/English/EmpathicAndEmpathetic/2/mbr/Post.htm#866672Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:01:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:866672anonymousSince no one has answered in over six years and I am in this site because I asked the same question, let me suggest we establish a rule: I am in general against proliferating suffixes, even if they may sound better unless a clear usage has long been established. When "- ic " suffices, why add " - et - " before it? When I first was using the term as a young psychiatrist everbody said, "empathic," and "empathetic" sounded ignorant - a solecism influenced by "sympathetic," and as wrong as "sympathic" would be, oddly enough. Now "empathetic" has gained in popularity but I don't think there is, at least as yet, any associated change in meaning. I don't think it...http://www.englishforums.com/English/EmpathicAndEmpathetic/2/mbr/Post.htm#866671Tue, 18 Aug 2009 04:00:54 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:866671anonymousSince no one has answered in over six years and I am in this site because I asked the same question, let me suggest we establish a rule: I am in general against proliferating suffixes, even if they may sound better unless a clear usage has long been established. When "- ic " suffices, why add " - et - " before it? When I first was using the term as a young psychiatrist everbody said, "empathic," and "empathetic" sounded ignorant - a solecism influenced by "sympathetic," and as wrong as "sympathic" would be, oddly enough. Now "empathetic" has gained in popularity but I don't think there is, at least as yet, any associated change in meaning. I don't think it...http://www.englishforums.com/English/VasterVsMoreVast/kzmnx/post.htm#863547Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:56:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:863547ferdisI don't know what a "vast" sentence is. Aside from that, you can find the answers to such questions in a dictionary. If you look up the word 'vast', you will find the following entry: vast  /væst, vɑst/ adjective, -er, -est, noun This tells us that 'vast' is an adjective and a noun, that the comparative form is 'vaster', and that the superlative form is 'vastest' -- the '-er' and '-est' suffixes tell us that. So the word you are looking for is 'vaster'.http://www.englishforums.com/English/Help/krpqc/post.htmThu, 30 Jul 2009 07:01:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:839819anonymousgive me example of noun forming suffixes?http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichWordIsFrequentlyUsed/jkpzb/post.htm#805336Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:00:55 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:805336alpheccastarsVctory: Here is a site that has analyzed words by frequency of use and posted many lists for study. There is an American English and British English list. http://www.manythings.org/vocabulary/lists/l/ The related words you listed all have similar meanings (different parts of speech), or meanings which are predictably altered by prefixes or suffixes. Understanding frequent root words, together with prefixes and suffixes can be very helpful in learning related words. http://www.redwoods.edu/Eureka/ASC/Handouts/Word%20Decoding/Word%20Decoding.pdf http://www.betterendings.org/homeschool/Words/Root%20Words.htm https://www.msu.edu/~defores1/gre/roots/gre_rts_afx1.htm All the best, A- shttp://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseReviewMotivationLetter-InternshipFinishWeek/wnpln/post.htmMon, 18 May 2009 20:49:41 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:736572feuerfreireplayBla, bla, bla With this letter I would like to explain my motivation for an internship at your company. I graduated from Technical University of Moldova; Computers, Informatics and Microelectronics Faculty in July 2007 where I obtained a degree in Informational Technologies. I enjoy Programming because I considered it as it were an intellectual game; I like this kind of quizzes. And there is also the fascinating possibility to work from anywhere as I like very much to travel The opportunity to work within several foreign offshore companies, with complete different environments and cultures confirmed my decision to work abroad. As I am interested in other countries, people and the way they are doing business. After having researched...http://www.englishforums.com/English/HiCouldArticle/wlpcb/post.htmTue, 12 May 2009 10:20:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:726581lucas21cI teach some students Japanese in English. Could you correct that, please? This article explains an honorific expressiono of Japanese. Thanks. Best wishes, Lucas == In Japanese, there are 3 differnt kinds of ways to express something to someone with respect. １． You can hold a people in esteem by describing his acts or his owns with some specific honorific words. This art makes directly his status higher without making your status lower. ２． You can hold a person in esteem by expressing your acts or your own with humility. Th is art makes indirectly his status higher by making your status lower.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/2/pgkr/Post.htm#681232Sat, 28 Feb 2009 15:24:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:681232anonymousHello,dear friend suffixes are the last word of any 2 words eg: time TABLE ,comfort TABLE and prefixes are first words of any two words together like TIME table , COM FORT table I AM IN GRADE 5 ARE YOU IN SCHOOL,COLLAGE OR WORK?http://www.englishforums.com/English/ARequestEnglishNonceWordsMade-Prefixes/wbmdg/post.htmFri, 20 Feb 2009 12:45:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:676606michalsGuys, I'm writing my MA thesis about novel formations (so-called nonce words) in both Polish and English, and since I'm Polish I cannot come up with English examples just as freely as I 'produce' Polish words. What I am exactly looking for are words which are possible in English, yet they do not appear in dictionaries and are limited to only creative language users, or they do not appear at all. So, all ye dear native speakers of the English language wherever you roam, please, use your imagination and create me a few words so I can handle my share, finish the studies and enter the real world. I'm not looking for compound as I can find thousands of them while sailing the Internet. I need words made by affixation,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordFormationRules/wrzmd/post.htm#670458Thu, 12 Feb 2009 07:40:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:670458anonymousHi Steffi - here's a website where one can practice adding suffi xes:  http://www.wisc-online.com/objects/index_tj.asp?objID=ESL2203  Another website which explains the meaning is cached here:  http://209.85.129.132/search?q=cache:8ZuGgLhFWWoJ:depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/reading/suffixes.html+adding+suffixes+make+nouns&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&lr=lang_en|lang_fr|lang_de|lang_iw&client=safari   Best of luck! JoTexhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/WordFormationRules/wrzmd/post.htmWed, 11 Feb 2009 14:15:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:669820anonymousHallo! I have a question- I am looking for an overview of rules for word formation processes in English (like a sheet or sth).. with the most important pre- and suffixes to build adverbs, adjectives, nouns, verbs.. It shouldn't be too complicated as I need it for a E-L2 class .. I have already searched through the web but with no sucess.. maybe someone has an idea and is able to help me? Thanks a lot in advance! Steffi from Germanyhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/TeachingReadingComprehension/hjdnh/post.htmSun, 04 Jan 2009 10:02:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:629959successorIt seems to me that reading comprehension skills are very difficult for many English learners. What aspects would you like to emphasise in teaching reading comprehension? Or should it be taught at all? Is it enough if students just read on their own? It think that one of the most important things is to read as widely as possible, ie. EXTENSIVE READING essential. Also the amount of time you spend on reading may help. In addition, if students are allowed to choose the books they read, they will find reading more interesting and thus be more engaged. It might be a good idea to discuss the books one has read with a teacher or a friend, biut I don't find that necessary. Secondly, VOCABULARY BUILDING is necessary. Teachers could help...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarVocabulary/hrlwz/post.htm#587969Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:08:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:587969cliveHi, Could you please check my reflection for grammar and vocabulary mistakes? For a number of months I have been studying word families. In addition to this, I have also been dissecting words for prefixes, suffixes, consonant blends and digraphs, as well as vowel diphthongs. In order for me to have the ownership of my learning, no list of spelling words is provided weekly by my teacher. My active participation in my learning consists of generating a list of words that belongs to the word family I am studying. Words for my spelling quiz are chosen randomly from my lists. I think that this approach to spelling makes me think and therefore helps me remember better. Also , I notice/have noticed that when I am reading I utilize my...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GrammarVocabulary/hrlwz/post.htmSun, 16 Nov 2008 00:57:23 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:587967knjigaCould you please check my reflection for grammar and vocabulary mistakes? For a number of months I have been studying word families. In addition to this, I have also been dissecting words for prefixes, suffixes, consonant blends and digraphs, as well as vowel diphthongs. In order for me to have the ownership of my learning, no list of spelling words is provided weekly by my teacher. My active participation in my learning consists of generating a list of words that belongs to the word family I am studying. Words for my spelling quiz are chosen randomly from my lists. I think that this approach to spelling makes me think and therefore helps me remember better. Also I noticed that when I am reading I utilize my spelling strategies to...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordStems/2/bbwqp/Post.htm#577107Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:52:44 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:577107anonymousY'all are getting confused between stems and root words. ROOT WORDS are words that can stand by themselves but are attributed by a suffix or a prefix like "lovely" where the word 'love' is attributed by 'ly' making it an adj. STEMS are parts of a word that cannot stand by themselves and are derived from other languages, such as greek or latin, these can be added with other stems, suffixes, and prefixes to form new words that have meaning through their stems. I'll break down a hard word made up almost entirly of stems so you see what I mean. ANTIDISSESTABLISHMENTARIALISM, anti-against, diss-away, establishment-the act of establishing something (not a stem), ism-act of doing something. Basically this means...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WordStems/2/bbwqp/Post.htm#577104Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:32:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:577104anonymousyall are getting mixed up, ROOT WORDS are words that can stand by themselves but can be attributed by a suffix or prefix, such as "Lovely" the word 'love' with the suffix 'ly' making it an adj. A STEM is part of a word that derives from other languages, such as greek, that do not stand by themselves as a word but can be formed together with suffixes, prefixes, and other stems to form words with a deeper meaning. hope this clears things up =)http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowFigurePronunciationWordYouve-NeverSeenBefore/gnjhq/post.htm#567955Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:32:22 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:567955missmandyCJ is right, the only way to know for sure is to ask someone you trust. I introduce all of my students to the Merriam Webster online dictionary for pronunciation because I have found them to have the best searchable audio clips, and they speak as Americans generally do (they incorporate glottal stops and such). There is probably an equivalent dictionary for British speakers, but I don't knw what it is. Yet, native speakers can often correctly "guess" the syllable stress of a word intuitively. We usually do this without realizing it, based on suffixes, which dictate many words' stressed syllable. For instance, words that end in -ic or -tion will be stressed on the second to last syllable. It doesn't matter how...http://www.englishforums.com/English/GerundOrVerbalNoun/4/zrdzr/Post.htm#550521Mon, 04 Aug 2008 01:43:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:550521anonymousAny verb adding ing is a gerund, and gerunds are verbal nouns. Verbal nouns are nouns that stem from verbs, and I've only seen gerunds given as examples of verbal nouns here. Verbs like to accomplish and to move are the stems of the verbal nouns accomplishment and movement. There are other types of suffixes that change verbs into verbal nouns, adding ing is specifically for gerunds.http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichLanguageMostDifficultLanguage-Learn/5/vvgcd/Post.htm#550052Sat, 02 Aug 2008 15:20:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:550052forbesOne often hears that Turkish is the most difficult or a very difficult language for a non-native to learn. I have also read that Turkish is the language that native speakers master quickest. I do not see how both can be true. (In fact I do not believe that either is true.) Turkish, Finnish and Hungarian (all agglutinative languages) are often presented as very difficult. For reasons which escape me, native speakers seem to relish the idea that their languages are tricky; perhaps it arises from some misguided nationalistic notions. Leaving that aside, I feel it must have something to do with the way the language is presented. Agglutinative languages operate by adding suffixes to words which change their meaning. Many languages do this to...http://www.englishforums.com/English/WhichLanguageMostDifficultLanguage-Learn/4/vvgcd/Post.htm#537684Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:40:52 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:537684forbesWhen you say that English morphology is simple, I assume you are referring to the comparative lack of grammatical inflection. English employs a wide range of prefixes and suffixes to form new words. So, while English is highly analytic, it is by no means totally isolating, though it has isolating tendencies. I think we have some difficulty with the word "grammar". "Grammar" includes not only morphology, but also syntax. When a student says "Latin has a lot of grammar" he means that he has had to memorise conjugations and declensions. Equally, a student of English, when he declares "English has no grammar" means he has not had the chore of memorising lots of paradigms. But clearly English has syntax...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/2/pgkr/Post.htm#517736Fri, 23 May 2008 07:32:09 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:517736anonymousmy name is suma .i m from bangalore i sent you the first reply i forgot to say my name and also i gave only 4 example for prefix but i did not give for suffix 1.pain=painless 2.use=useful and we can use useless 3.fear =fearless 4.beauty=beautifulthese are example for suffixeshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/2/pgkr/Post.htm#517733Fri, 23 May 2008 07:24:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:517733anonymoussuffixes are words ends up with less,ful for example use is the word given to give the suffix for it the word is useless, beauty=beautifuletc these are suffixes.and prefixes are words starting with ir ,un,non etc for example 1.proper=improper 2.respect=irrespect 3. stop=nonstop 4.believe=unbelieve these are example for prefixeshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixPrefixUsage/gblbj/post.htmSun, 04 May 2008 08:10:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:509244bhikkhu1991Hello 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowPronounceAngeles/zxmhb/post.htm#490806Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:46:51 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:490806kooyeenHmm, damn, looks like it's one of those things that is likely to confuse me if I think too much about it. I realized that I would probably say ell-ay , and sell aprons , keeping the L pretty dark but... I should avoid thinking about it, otherwise I mess everything up. Anyway, being aware of what I do is important, so do you think L's always remain the same when linked with other words? Examples: pain inside = pay nin side (exactly the same) gate opens = not the same as gay toe pens (because of aspiration) tipe again = not the same as tie pug enn (because of aspiration) feel inside = not the same as fee lin side (because... I've just learned about it? LOL) <-- ok? But I'm also wondering about...http://www.englishforums.com/English/ListSuffixesPrefixesEnglishBase-Words/bkdvq/post.htm#479931Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:18:04 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:479931anonymouswhat is this for, homework?http://www.englishforums.com/English/OrdinalNumberStNd/zlgpc/post.htmThu, 07 Feb 2008 02:04:24 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:473639seasideHi! When we write an ordinal number - 1st , ...- the suffixes - st, nd, rd, th, -should be written superscipt above the number. Is it right? Wednesday, 6th January 2008 Wednesday, 6 th January 2008 Which one is right? Thank you!http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/pgkr/post.htm#469306Sun, 27 Jan 2008 07:05:47 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:469306anonymousActually "unlike" means not the same as, or dissimilar. "DISlike" means you don't like something.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/pgkr/post.htm#453857Sun, 16 Dec 2007 21:56:01 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:453857anonymousDear, Anett a prefix goes on the begining of a sentence like un-,dis-,pre, and in. if you took the word like and added the prefix un- , to ityou get unlike wich means you dont like something.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesMeaningLike/bmpnj/post.htm#452221Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:17:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:452221grammar geek1) You are adding to a thread that is years old. 2) You are shouting at us. 3) You haven't said please or "could you" or made any attempt whatsoever to be polite in your "request" for help That makes it rather rude-ish of you, wouldn't you say?http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesMeaningLike/bmpnj/post.htm#452220Tue, 11 Dec 2007 22:11:53 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:452220anonymousSTILL WHAT DOES ISH MEAN I HAVE TO DO THIS FOR A SCHOOL PROJECT AND YOU ARENT GIVIN ME ANY TYPE OF MEAN FOR THIS WORD AND I NEED IT BY FRIDAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!http://www.englishforums.com/English/TheSmallestUnitMeaningLanguage/zzhwz/post.htm#444544Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:32:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:444544grammar geekIn 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.http://www.englishforums.com/English/ListSuffixesPrefixesEnglishBase-Words/bkdvq/post.htm#434914Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:32:46 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:434914anonymouslearn more prefixeshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/3PartsWordDoesMean/zccjn/post.htm#429105Tue, 09 Oct 2007 22:25:07 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:429105khoffBut the words given don't have prefixes or suffixes! I would just ask the teacher for an example.http://www.englishforums.com/English/3PartsWordDoesMean/zccjn/post.htm#428977Tue, 09 Oct 2007 17:28:21 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:428977anonymousi think you might be after prefixes, root and suffixes.http://www.englishforums.com/English/NounAsModifier/zbmhr/post.htm#426766Wed, 03 Oct 2007 19:16:59 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:426766califjimAs 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 and affixes together in any way possible. For example, we say availability , not availableness ; we say fearlessness , not fearlessity . There is no real rule about which suffixes go with which roots. It's a matter of using the combinations that have been accepted historically as part of the language. CJhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAffixAffectStressPattern/zrwrx/post.htm#423234Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:08:50 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:423234califjimTypical Greek suffixes. Primary stress on the third syllable from the end. (First vowel shown may vary.) ocracy, opathy, otony, otany, otomy, ophony, ology, onomy, otrophy, ogamy, ography, ophany, osophy, ognomy, ogony, omaly, opoly, ogeny, ochrony, ochromy, olatry, omathy, ometry, onymy, oscopy, otropy, ometer, opolis, anthropy, abola Also: -ysis, -esis, but NOT -osis. Instead of the -y ending, these can have -ize (onomize, opolize), -ous (ogamous, omalous), -ist (onomist, ometrist), -ism (ologism), or -er (onomer, ographer). Ex: democracy, monotony, lobotomy, theology, atrophy, geography, philosophy, anomaly, monopoly, synchrony, idolatry, trigonometry, barometer, metropolis, parabola,...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixsUrgentHelp/zrnwm/post.htm#421686Thu, 20 Sep 2007 15:19:33 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:421686philipARCHI 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 = verb (Let me entertain you.); The entertainment last night was superb. Intoxicate = verb (His personality can intoxicate you.); Driving and intoxication don't mix. Differ = verb (We differ on many subjects); He didn't understand the difference between right and wrong.http://www.englishforums.com/English/HowAffixAffectStressPattern/zrwrx/post.htm#420129Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:15:00 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:420129mno3195Mister Micawber wrote: Offhand, I would say that the addition of affixes other than negative or negative-like prefixes do not generally affect word stress, since they are usually unstressed themselves-- but that there are also many exceptions. I don't know of any dedicated websites, though most grammar sites probably mention it in passing. Try googling around a bit. Thanks,how about suffixes?http://www.englishforums.com/English/GerundOrVerbalNoun/zrdzr/post.htm#418620Fri, 14 Sep 2007 17:15:28 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:418620philipClive 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, ability, etc. These one-word items are used to replace what we would use a relative clause to express in English. Turkish is an agglutinative language of the Ural-Altaic branch, and Korean is considered by some to be Altaic. Perhaps there is a relatonship here.http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/pgkr/post.htm#385050Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:27:57 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:385050anonymousprefixes and suffixes are word parts we add to words to form other words. You can think of the original word as the ROOT. Plants have roots. From the roots other things grow. It is the same with English words. For example, take the word "respect." If a child gives respect to an adult the child is giving "honor" to that adult. The word respect means to give honor. If the child is always giving respect we can say the child is respectful or full of respect. However, if the child does not give honor to an adul then the child treats the adul with disrespect. Prefixes and Suffixes can also be called Afixes because we fix them onto words to make new words. Each prefix and suffix can have more than one meaning. For example, the suffix er can...http://www.englishforums.com/English/SuffixesPrefixesPrefixes-Suffixes/pgkr/post.htm#369246Wed, 23 May 2007 08:05:37 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:369246anonymousHi Whitegirl, A prefix is an addition that preceds the root of the word.A prefix changes the meaning of the word. Some prefixes are: un,dis,in,im,ir,re ,..etc Eg.responsible: Ir responsible advantage: Dis advantage Write: Re write Employed: Un employed A suffix is and addition that follows the word.A suffix changes the part of speech. Some suffixes are: ion,ment,ful,ly,er,or,ist,ize ,...etc. Eg.presentation,govern ment ,use ful ,quick ly ,bapt ist ,organ ize ,...