Colombian President-Elect Pledges to Maintain Peace

Accords with FARC Rebels

By Rico
June 21, 2018

Ivan Duque, who finished first in the second round of the Colombian presidential vote,
said that he would respect the peace accords with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of
Colombia (FARC) signed by incumbent President Juan Manuel Santos.

On Sunday (June 17, 2018), Colombia held the second round of the
presidential election.

“We say to Colombia that we will not rip up agreements [with FARC] but we will do our
utmost to bring peace to all the Colombians,” Duque said at a rally in Bogota.

Duque won in the second round, defeating former Bogota mayor Gustavo Petro.

The FARC movement was established in 1964 as a militia of a local communist party.
The group reached a peace agreement with the Colombian government last year and a
new party was created as a successor of the FARC movement.
 Suffixes
by English Grammar Today

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word which makes a new
word.

words suffix new words

forget, use -ful forgetful, useful

state, govern -ment statement, government

complicate, create -ion complication, creation

The new word is most often a different word class from the original word. In the table
above, the suffix -ful has changed verbs to adjectives, -ment, and -ion have changed
verbs to nouns. If you see a word ending in -ment, for example, it is likely to be a noun
(e.g. commitment, contentment).
 
Suffixes: spelling

Often, the suffix causes a spelling change to the original word. In the table above, the  -
eending of complicate and create disappears when the -ion suffix is added. Other
examples of spelling changes include:

1. beauty, duty + -ful → beautiful, dutiful (-y changes to i)

2. heavy, ready + -ness → heaviness, readiness (-y changes to i)
3. able, possible + -ity → ability, possibility (-le changes to il)
4. permit, omit + -ion → permission, omission (-t changes to ss)

A good learner’s dictionary will give you information on the correct spelling of words with
suffixes.
 
Common suffixes and examples

Noun suffixes

suffix examples of nouns

-age baggage, village, postage

-al arrival, burial, deferral

-ance/-ence reliance, defence, insistence

-dom boredom, freedom, kingdom

-ee employee, payee, trainee

-er/-or driver, writer, director

-hood brotherhood, childhood, neighbourhood

-ism capitalism, Marxism, socialism (philosophies)

-ist capitalist, Marxist, socialist (followers of philosophies)

-ity/-ty brutality, equality, cruelty

-ment amazement, disappointment, parliament

-ness happiness, kindness, usefulness

-ry entry, ministry, robbery

 suffix examples of nouns

-ship friendship, membership, workmanship

-sion/-tion/-xion expression, population, complexion

Adjective suffixes

suffix examples of adjectives

-able/-ible drinkable, portable, flexible

-al brutal, formal, postal

-en broken, golden, wooden

-ese Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese

-ful forgetful, helpful, useful

-i Iraqi, Pakistani, Yemeni

-ic classic, Islamic, poetic

-ish British, childish, Spanish

-ive active, passive, productive

-ian Canadian, Malaysian, Peruvian

-less homeless, hopeless, useless

-ly daily, monthly, yearly

 suffix examples of adjectives

-ous cautious, famous, nervous

-y cloudy, rainy, windy

Verb suffixes

suffix examples of verbs

-ate complicate, dominate, irritate

-en harden, soften, shorten

-ify beautify, clarify, identify

-ise/- economise, realise, industrialize (-ise is most common in British English; -

ize ize is most common in American English)

Adverb suffixes

suffix examples of adverbs

-ly calmly, easily, quickly

-ward(s) downwards, homeward(s), upwards

-wise anti-clockwise, clockwise, edgewise

 Prefixes
by English Grammar Today

Prefixes are letters which we add to the beginning of a word to make a new word with a
different meaning. Prefixes can, for example, create a new word opposite in meaning to
the word the prefix is attached to. They can also make a word negative or express
relations of time, place or manner. Here are some examples:

base word prefixed word type of meaning

possible impossible opposite

able unable opposite/negation

payment non-payment negation

war pre-war time (before)

terrestrial extraterrestrial place (outside of/beyond)

cook overcook manner (too much)

I’m sorry I was unable to attend the meeting.

Non-payment of fees could result in a student being asked to leave the course.

Has anyone ever really met an extraterrestrial being? (meaning a being from another

planet)

The meat was overcooked and quite tasteless.

 
The most common prefixes

prefix meaning examples

anti- against/opposed to anti-government, anti-racist, anti-war

auto- self autobiography, automobile

de- reverse or change de-classify, decontaminate, demotivate

dis- reverse or remove disagree, displeasure, disqualify

down- reduce or lower downgrade, downhearted

extra- beyond extraordinary, extraterrestrial

hyper- extreme hyperactive, hypertension

il-, im-, in-, ir- not illegal, impossible, insecure, irregular

inter- between interactive, international

mega- very big, important megabyte, mega-deal, megaton

mid- middle midday, midnight, mid-October

mis- incorrectly, badly misaligned, mislead, misspelt

non- not non-payment, non-smoking

over- too much overcook, overcharge, overrate

out- go beyond outdo, out-perform, outrun

 prefix meaning examples

post- after post-election, post-war

pre- before prehistoric, pre-war

pro- in favour of pro-communist, pro-democracy

re- again reconsider, redo, rewrite

semi- half semicircle, semi-retired

sub- under, below submarine, sub-Saharan

super- above, beyond super-hero, supermodel

tele- at a distance television, telepathic

trans- across transatlantic, transfer

ultra- extremely ultra-compact, ultrasound

un- remove, reverse, not undo, unpack, unhappy

under- less than, beneath undercook, underestimate

up- make or move higher upgrade, uphill

Writing prefixes: hyphens (super-hero or supermodel)

There are no absolute rules for when to use a hyphen or when to write a prefixed word
as one whole word (see the examples in the table). A good learner’s dictionary will tell
you how to write a prefixed word.