CLASSICS 2MT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Internet Chess Server, Scop, Tonsillectomy
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3 types of word terminations that are regularly used: primary suffixes, child-hood, child-ish. Primary suffixes: cannot stand alone as words and usually cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts. Indicate whether a word is a noun, an adjective, or a verb: noun: childhood, adjective: childish. In medical terminology, there is only one frequently used verb-ending: Virtually all other word terminations indicate that a word is a noun: some bear predictable meanings. A substance (which does the action) of x. The following primary suffixes often indicate that a word is a noun: they do not bear a predictable and independent meaning on their own. A derived suffix is either a compound consisting of two or more elements that function together as a single meaningful unit: child ish ness. Some of the elements in compound suffixes may be primary suffixes themselves: micro scop e, micro scop ic.