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Snowandcloud Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

[help]I Want to know the different between "----+ness" and "----+less"

I am English learner ,I Want to know the different between "----" and "----".

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" is not present. g. Kindness = the quality of being kind, warm, sympathetic Kindless = without kindness, unkind, unsympathetic

  • " is not present.
  • g.
  • Kindness = the quality of being kind, warm, sympathetic Kindless = without kindness, unkind, unsympathetic
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Well, usually when it is + ness it means the "...." is present, whereas "...." is not present.

e.g.

Kindness = the quality of being kind, warm, sympathetic

Kindless = without kindness, unkind, unsympathetic
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with (that quality)
without (that quality)
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Hi guys,

I am English learner ,I Want to know the different between "----" and "----".

I'm not so sure I agree with the way this discussion is going.

The question seems to suggest that there is a relationship between these suffixes, but I don't really see that. Nor do I see -ness as the presence and -less as the absence. For a
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-ness forms a noun from an adjective. It means the property of being ....

Kindness is the property of being kind.
Foolishness is the property of being foolish.
Divisiveness is the property of being divisive.
Nastiness is the property of being nasty.
Manliness is the property of being manly.
Dizziness is the prop
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