![]() The most common pattern here is that verbs that end in -ate will usually form an abstract noun ending in -ation: calculate/calculation, celebrate/celebration. However, there are some typical patterns of word generation that are worth knowing, and in this blog I want to look at how verbs with certain endings tend to generate a related abstract noun ending in -tion or -sion. And even when you can add a -y to a noun, the meaning may not be what you expect: thus catty means ‘spiteful’ rather than ‘like a cat’ and not all bosses would like to be described as bossy. For example, there are no words booky or cuppy. You can’t just add the ending -y to any noun. Unfortunately, English is rarely as simple as that. If only you could apply these suffixes to every noun or every verb then you could increase your vocabulary enormously. Similarly, many verbs give rise to a noun that ends in either -ment or -tion: entertain, govern, and measure lead to entertainment, government, and measurement, while collect, educate, and invent lead to collection, education, and invention. For example, adding the ending -y creates chilly from chill, cloudy from cloud, and dirty from dirt. If you learn a noun, you can often form a related adjective by adding a short suffix. If the idea of getting something extra for their money is attractive to shoppers, then learners of English should be encouraged by the idea that learning one word will often bring another word – and often more than one word – into their vocabulary, virtually free of charge. The fact that the word is pronounced the same as bog off, which is a mildly offensive way of telling somebody to go away, makes it sound slightly rude, and this has no doubt added to its popularity. ![]() This is an abbreviation based on the initial letters of the phrase ‘ buy one, get one free’ as this suggests, it refers to a special offer in a shop that allows you to receive an extra item free of charge when you make a purchase. One of the more striking new words to enter the English language in recent times is BOGOF. There is something very attractive about the idea of getting two things for the price of one. In this post, he looks at how to learn two words for the price of one. He has edited a number of dictionaries and has written books about spelling, writing, and punctuation. OL8000666W Page_number_confidence 95.51 Pages 806 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210712124753 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 2822 Scandate 20210709222909 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780194311380 Tts_version 4.Ian Brookes is a freelance writer and editor based in Scotland. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 16:04:08 Associated-names Wehmeier, Sally Boxid IA40171816 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier ![]()
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