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JuLiS Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Suffix

Would you tell me are there any rules in making Noun by adding suffix "ment", "ance"?
  

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The suffixes -ment, (as well as -ion, -ism ) are generally used to form nouns denoting processes, actions, phenomena: movement entertainment concealment The suffixes -ance / -ence are generally used to form nouns denoting properties, quality, state: The suffixes -ance/-ence, as a rule, correspond to the suffixes -ant / - ent in adjectives: different — difference important — importance independent — independence

  • The suffixes -ment, (as well as -ion, -ism ) are generally used to form nouns denoting processes, actions, phenomena: movement entertainment concealment The suffixes -ance / -ence are generally used to form nouns denoting properties, quality, state: The suffixes -ance/-ence, as a rule, correspond to the suffixes -ant / - ent in adjectives: different — difference important — importance independent — independence
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The suffixes -ment, (as well as -ion, -ism) are generally used to form nouns denoting processes, actions, phenomena:
movement
entertainment
concealment

The suffixes -ance / -ence are generally used to form nouns denoting properties, quality, state:

The suffixes -ance/-ence, as a rule, correspond to the suffixes -ant / -ent in adjectives:
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