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Noun suffixes- ness Adjective to?Noun. There are lots of adjectives in English that we can convert into?nouns?by using 'ness'. A?noun?ending in 'ness' literally means the state of the original adjective. For example, hungriness means 'the state of being hungry.- dom-dom. a?suffix?forming nouns which refer to domain ( kingdom), collection of persons ( officialdom), rank or station ( earldom), or general condition ( freedom)- hoodA noun suffix denoting a?condition?or?state?of being. child – childhood or a?group?sharing a specified condition or state. brother – brotherhood-ityAdjective to?Noun especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description, especially abstract nouns- erVerb to noun designating?personsfrom?the?object?of?their?occupation? (teacher, singer, writer),?or?from?their place?of?origin?or?abode?(?southerner; villager) or object, (computer, speaker)-tion ending is a common noun suffix. e. g. action, condition, completion, relation, accommodation, addition, attention, communication, -sion endings Not many nouns have -sion endings. They are often formed from verbs which end with -d, -de, -se, -t. to collide - collision, to comprehend - comprehension, infuse - infusion.persuade- persuasion, explode - explosion, televise - television...Also pension, persuasion, occasion, suspension, decision... -ssion endings.When words end in -ss we add –ion. e.g. discuss - discussion, confess - confession, obsess - obsession, possession, expression, recession, profession, procession.-mit to –ssion e.g. admit – admission, permit – permission, commit – commission, remit – remissiontransmit – transmission, submit - submission-cede / -ceed to -ssion-cian endingsThe few nouns with -cian endings and usually refer to occupations or jobs: optician, politician, musician, beautician, dietician, electrician, technician, statistician, physician, magician...Nationality suffixes There are eight commonly used nationality suffixes in English, and they are:–er; for example, “New Zealander”–ian; for example, “Brazilian”, “Australian”, and “Italian”–ean; for example, “Korean” and “Belizean”–an; for example, “German”, “South African”, and “Mexican”–ese; for example, “Chinese”, “Taiwanese”, and “Portugese”–ish; for example, “Swedish”, “Spanish”, “British”, and “Irish”–i; for example, “Iraqi” and “Israeli”; and finally,–ic; for example, “Icelandic”Although these are the eight most commonly used suffixes, there are?a handful of, or a few, nationalities that don’t end in any of them! For example, people from Switzerland are “Swiss”, those from Greece are “Greek”, those from France are “French” and those from “Belgium” are “Belgian” ................
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