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    1. The document discusses various nominal suffixes in English and their meanings and functions. Some common suffixes are: 2. -age denotes an activity, collective entity, or location. Examples are coverage, voltage, and orphanage. 3. Suffixes like -al, -ance/-ence/-ancy/-ency denote an action or the result of an action, such as referral, renewal, and interference. 4. Suffixes like -ant and some forms of -er refer to people, such as applicant, defendant, or attractant.

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    1. The document discusses various nominal suffixes in English and their meanings and functions. Some common suffixes are: 2. -age denotes an activity, collective entity, or location. Examples are coverage, voltage, and orphanage. 3. Suffixes like -al, -ance/-ence/-ancy/-ency denote an action or the result of an action, such as referral, renewal, and interference. 4. Suffixes like -ant and some forms of -er refer to people, such as applicant, defendant, or attractant.

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    1. The document discusses various nominal suffixes in English and their meanings and functions. Some common suffixes are: 2. -age denotes an activity, collective entity, or location. Examples are coverage, voltage, and orphanage. 3. Suffixes like -al, -ance/-ence/-ancy/-ency denote an action or the result of an action, such as referral, renewal, and interference. 4. Suffixes like -ant and some forms of -er refer to people, such as applicant, defendant, or attractant.

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    Nominal suffixes ( Tạo Noun)

    Ordinal Suffixes Meaning Examples


    number
    1 - age - espress an activity - Coverage, leakage, spillage
    - denote a collective entity/ - acreage, voltage, yardage
    quantity
    - locations - orphanage

    2 - al - denote an action/ result of - arrival, overthrowal, recital,


    an action referral, renewal
    3 - ance
    (-ence/
    -ancy/
    - ency)
    4 - ant - persons - applicant, defendant, disclaimant

    - to substances involved in
    - attractant, dispersant, etchant,
    Biological, chemical, physical
    processes suppressant
    5 - ce/ -cy
    6 - dom - State of being X - apedom, clerkdom, slumdom,
    yuppiedom
    - Collective entities - professordom, studentdom
    - denote domains, realms, - kingdom, cameldom, maoridom
    teritoies
    7 - ee
    8 - eer Person who deals in, is concerned - auctioneer, budgeteer, cameleer,
    with, or has to do with X mountaineer, pamphleteer
    9 - er(-or)
    10 - (e)ry
    11

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