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    The document outlines different ways that nouns can be derived from verbs and adjectives in English, including by adding suffixes such as "-or", "-er", "-al", "-ion", "-ment", "-ness", "-ity", "-th", and "-ty". It provides examples of words that take each suffix, citing their occurrence in a 2014 work by Doerr. In total, over 50 examples of derived nouns are listed to illustrate the various patterns of noun derivation from verbs and adjectives in English.

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    The document outlines different ways that nouns can be derived from verbs and adjectives in English, including by adding suffixes such as "-or", "-er", "-al", "-ion", "-ment", "-ness", "-ity", "-th", and "-ty". It provides examples of words that take each suffix, citing their occurrence in a 2014 work by Doerr. In total, over 50 examples of derived nouns are listed to illustrate the various patterns of noun derivation from verbs and adjectives in English.

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    The document outlines different ways that nouns can be derived from verbs and adjectives in English, including by adding suffixes such as "-or", "-er", "-al", "-ion", "-ment", "-ness", "-ity", "-th", and "-ty". It provides examples of words that take each suffix, citing their occurrence in a 2014 work by Doerr. In total, over 50 examples of derived nouns are listed to illustrate the various patterns of noun derivation from verbs and adjectives in English.

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    3.

    1 Derived noun formed form verb base :

    3.1.1 Verb + -or

    a. Navigators (Doerr, 2014 : 10)

    b. Procrastinators (Doerr, 2014 : 14)

    c. Collaborators (Doerr, 2014 : 14)

    d. Visitors (Doerr, 2014 : 21)

    e. Director (Doerr, 2014 : 25)

    3.1.2 Verb + -er

    a. Bombers (Doerr, 2014 : 10)

    b. Waiters (Doerr, 2014 : 12)

    c. Killers (Doerr, 2014 : 12)

    d. Plunderers (Doerr, 2014 : 12)

    e. Workers (Doerr, 2014 : 12)

    3.1.3 Verb + -al

    a. Arrival (Doerr, 2014 : 53)

    b. Proposal (Doerr, 2014 : 161)

    c. Burial (Doerr, 2014 : 314)


    3.1.4 Verb + -ion

    a. Direction (Doerr, 2014 : 12)

    b. Extirpation (Doerr, 2014 : 14)

    c. Locations (Doerr, 2014 : 26)

    d. Anticipation (Doerr, 2014 : 32)

    e. Collections (Doerr, 2014 : 41)

    3.1.5 Verb + -ment

    a. Detachment (Doerr, 2014 : 12)

    b. Amazement (Doerr, 2014 : 20)

    c. Advertisement (Doerr, 2014 : 36)

    d. Employment (Doerr, 2014 : 36)

    e. Movement (Doerr, 2014 : 39)

    3.1.6 Verb + ee

    3.1.7 Verb + -ry

    3.2 Derived noun formed form adjective base :

    3.2.1 Adjective + -ness

    a. Whiteness (Doerr, 2014 : 23)

    b. Weakness (Doerr, 2014 : 23)


    c. Blindness (Doerr, 2014 : 25)

    d. Wretchedness (Doerr, 2014 : 25)

    e. Readiness (Doerr, 2014 : 32)

    3.2.2 Adjective + -ity

    a. Possibility (Doerr, 2014 : 40)

    b. Superiority (Doerr, 2014 : 44)

    c. Hostility (Doerr, 2014 : 60)

    d. Authority (Doerr, 2014 : 99)

    e. Creativity (Doerr, 2014 : 111)

    3.2.3 Adjective + -th

    a. Length (Doerr, 2014 : 14)

    b. Death (Doerr, 2014 : 128)

    c. Width (Doerr, 2014 : 144)

    3.2.3 Adjective + -ty

    a. Infinity (Doerr, 2014 : 43)

    b. Loyalty (Doerr, 2014 : 111)

    c. Cruelty (Doerr, 2014 : 168)

    d. Certainty (Doerr, 2014 : 173)


    e. Safety (Doerr, 2014 : 221)

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