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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
words ending "-ish"
Could somebody please explain
1) what does "9-ish" means when somebody is trying to say time;
2) and what are the effect(s) when you add "-ish" at the end of a word.
thanks!
1) what does "9-ish" means when somebody is trying to say time;
2) and what are the effect(s) when you add "-ish" at the end of a word.
thanks!
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ish is a very informal way of saying approximately or around. so 9-ish means around 9 o'clock rather than precisely at 9 o'clock. 20.
- ish is a very informal way of saying approximately or around.
- so 9-ish means around 9 o'clock rather than precisely at 9 o'clock.
- 20.
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ish is a very informal way of saying approximately or around.
so 9-ish means around 9 o'clock rather than precisely at 9 o'clock. If someone was coming to see me at 9ish I'd expect them sometime between about 8.40 and 9.20.
so 9-ish means around 9 o'clock rather than precisely at 9 o'clock. If someone was coming to see me at 9ish I'd expect them sometime between about 8.40 and 9.20.
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The suffix -ish means like, almost like, similar to. It is most common with color adjectives: yellowish, whitish, blackish, reddish, grayish, ...
It is added to some nouns: womanish, mannish, girlish, boyish, shrewish, oafish, boorish, elfish, impish, foolish, clownish, snobbish, prudish, hellish, devilish, mulish, freakish
It is used to form nation
It is added to some nouns: womanish, mannish, girlish, boyish, shrewish, oafish, boorish, elfish, impish, foolish, clownish, snobbish, prudish, hellish, devilish, mulish, freakish
It is used to form nation
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Thank you for your comment. I'm Portuguese speaker and at the first time I've read a good and simple definition of ISH.
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