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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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