Sunday, 15 May 2022

WHAT IS A SUFFIX?




A suffix, also  called a postfix or ending, is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. It is an affirmative as it can alter the form of the word to which it is fixed. Suffixes can carry grammatical information or lexical information . Some inflectional suffixes are -s,-ed,-t,-ing,-en,-es,-er, -est, -n't.

Some derivational suffixes are -ian, -ise, -fly, -ly, -able, -ible, -hood, -ness, -less, -ism, -ment, -ist, -al, -ish.


Examples :
-eme - morpheme
-en - golden
-ate- concentrate
-archy - anarchy
-ness - darkness
-wise - clockwise



-
Labels:
Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

Fun Factors for Children in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

        Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an adventure story that can easily attract young readers through its humour, mis...

  • HAPPINESS 101
     Happiness 101 is an essay by Geeta Padmanabhan. She is a freelance journalist, writer and blogger based in Chennai.  Her blog, Grandma'...
  • THE FOUR PILLARS OF THE ENGLISH NOVEL
    The English Novel properly came into being in the 18 th century. Its four originators were Samuel Richardson (1689-1751), Henry Fiel...
  • HIGHLIGHTS OF ASSAM
      As we are all celebrating Tourism Day today on 27th of September, Let us have a look at the highlights of  ASSAM and try to plan  a trip w...