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Hakeem Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

A Question about noun

Hi, as most of you know, there are some nouns end with "tion" as in: option ans tradition; similarly, there are some nouns end with "ssion" as we can see it in: oppression.

Is there any particular rule for that?
  

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I don't think there are rules that always apply, but in this particular case oppre ss ion is the only reasonable option because it comes from the verb to oppre ss , which has the double s. I think in most cases the ending is determined by the etymology of the word. CB

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  • I don't think there are rules that always apply, but in this particular case oppre ss ion is the only reasonable option because it comes from the verb to oppre ss , which has the double s.
  • I think in most cases the ending is determined by the etymology of the word.
  • CB
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I don't think there are rules that always apply, but in this particular case oppression is the only reasonable option because it comes from the verb to oppress, which has the double s. I think in most cases the ending is determined by the etymology of the word.

CB
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