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WORD FORMATION SUFFIXES

Typical noun suffixes are the following:


-ence, -ance, -or, -er, -ment, -list, -asm/-ism, -ship, -ency, -sion,
-tion, -ness, -hood, -dom, -ity, -acy, -ade, -age, -tude, -al/-ial,
-an/-ian, -ate, -dom, -en,
Typical verb suffixes are the following:
-en, -ify, -ize/ise, -ate, -ish, -er, -angle
Typical adjective suffixes are the following:
-able, -ible, -al, -ial, -tic, -ly, -ful, -ous, -tive, -less, -ish, -ulent,
-sive, -an, -ian, -ent, -ary, -ory, -ate, -ic/-ical,
The adverb suffix is -ly (although not all words that end in -ly are adverbs—like friendly)

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WORD FORMATION PREFIXES
Typical noun prefixes are the following:
mis-,dis-, in-, inter-, mal-, under, non-,
Typical verb prefixes are the following:
en-, dis-, re-, over-, un-, mis-, out-, be-, co-, de-, fore-,
inter-, pre-, sub-, under-, up-, ex-, counter-,
Typical adjective prefixes are the following:
il-, im-, un-, in-, ir-, non-,a-, dis-, on-, up-,
note : negative prefixes in blue

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