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3 Nominalisation
When we change common nouns, adjectives and verbs into nouns, we call
it nominalisation.
Suffix Examples
-age baggage, postage
-al arrival, burial
-ance/ence acceptance, insistence
-dom boredom, freedom
-ee employee, trainee
-er painter, writer
-or actor, director
-hood childhood, neighbourhood
-ism capitalism, socialism
-ist guitarist, pianist
-ity brutality, humanity
-i Iraqi, Pakistani
-ish British, Spanish
-ian Canadian, Malaysian
-ry entry, ministry, robbery
-ship friendship, membership
-sion expression, omission
-tion population, donation
-ture architecture, capture
-y honesty, jealousy
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