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Executive Meetings: Grammar: Word Formation - Word Formation
Executive Meetings: Grammar: Word Formation - Word Formation
Executive
meetings
Grammar:
Word
formation
–
Word
formation
Suffixes:
making
nouns
from
verbs
and
adjectives
make
an
improvement
a
management
meeting
an
investment
opportunity
a
weakness
of
the
company
an
election
a
big
organization
staff
punctuality
have
a
discussion
poor
spelling
You
add
-‐ment,
-‐ation,
-‐ion,
or
-‐ing
to
some
verbs
to
make
nouns.
improve
➝
improvement
manage
➝
management
invest
➝
investment
elect
➝
election
inform
➝
information
discuss
➝
discussion
spell
➝
spelling
You
add
-‐ness
or
-‐ity
to
some
adjectives
to
make
nouns.
weak
➝
weakness
punctual
➝
punctuality
Note:
You
sometimes
need
to
add
an
a
before
-‐tion
organize
➝
organization