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    This document lists common suffixes used to form nouns from adjectives and verbs in English. For adjectives, the most frequent suffixes are "-ness" and "-ful", with some irregular forms like "strong" becoming "strength". For verbs, common suffixes include "-ment", "-ance/-ence", "-tion/-sion", "-er", "-or", and "-y", with some verbs having irregular noun forms. Suffixes can be added to adjectives and verbs to create new nouns that express a state, quality, action, or person associated with the root word.

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    This document lists common suffixes used to form nouns from adjectives and verbs in English. For adjectives, the most frequent suffixes are "-ness" and "-ful", with some irregular forms like "strong" becoming "strength". For verbs, common suffixes include "-ment", "-ance/-ence", "-tion/-sion", "-er", "-or", and "-y", with some verbs having irregular noun forms. Suffixes can be added to adjectives and verbs to create new nouns that express a state, quality, action, or person associated with the root word.

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    NOUNS

    Uploaded by

    Elizabeth Rodríguez
    This document lists common suffixes used to form nouns from adjectives and verbs in English. For adjectives, the most frequent suffixes are "-ness" and "-ful", with some irregular forms like "strong" becoming "strength". For verbs, common suffixes include "-ment", "-ance/-ence", "-tion/-sion", "-er", "-or", and "-y", with some verbs having irregular noun forms. Suffixes can be added to adjectives and verbs to create new nouns that express a state, quality, action, or person associated with the root word.

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    ADJECTIVE to NOUN:
    NESS: Tired Tiredness
    Stiff Stiffness
    Crazy Craziness
    Shabby Shabiness
    Reckless Recklessness
    FUL: Sorrowful Sorrow
    Powerful Power
    IRREGULAR: Strong Strength

    CE: Significant Significance

    VERB to NOUN:
    MENT Achieve Achievement
    Equipe Equipment
    Amuse Amusement
    Develop Development
    Excite Excitement
    URE Fail Failure
    Depart Departure
    Pleasure
    Mix Mixture
    ANCE Assist Assistance
    Appear Appearance
    Perform Performance
    ENCE Present Presence
    Exist Existence
    Correspond Correspondence
    Evidence
    TION/SION Decide Decision
    Organise Organisation
    Infect Infection
    Investigate Investigation
    Conclude Conclusion
    ER Explore Explorer
    Employ Employer
    Research Researcher
    OR Sail Sailor
    Supervise Supervisor
    Ancestor
    Y Deliver Delivery
    Recover Recovery
    Discover Discovery
    AL Approve Approval

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