2015-01-21 Evening: suffixes and articles

Greg Malivuk
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Next Classes:
Monday, January 26
(end of the current 6-week session)
Tuesday, January 27
Thursday, January 29
(now always Tuesdays and Thursdays)
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Homework: p. 112-113 part B, p. 116-117 part C
1 b
2 a
3 c
4 a
5 b
6 a
7 b
8 b, after he'd started *below* minimum wage
9 b
10 c
11 a
12 c
13 a

"Those concerns sound reasonable in theory." = in theory, but not in practice
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p. 116
NOUNS			VERBS			ADJECTIVES

deportation		deport			deported, deportable
deportee

violation		violate			violated
violator

absorption		absorb			absorbed, absorbant

assimilation		assimilate		assimilated, assimilating

galvanization		galvanize		galvanized, galvanizing

patrol			patrol			patrolled, patrolling

ineligibility		X			ineligible

litter			litter			littered, littering

invasion		invade			invaded, invading, invasive
invader

tranquility					tranquil
tranquilization		tranquilize		tranquilized, tranquilizing
tranquilizer
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1 ineligibility
2 invasion
3 patrolled
4 deported
5 absorb
6 assimilate
7 violate
8 tranquil
9 galvanized
10 litter
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Many of these are productive suffixes: we can use them to make completely new words and most native speakers will understand the meaning.

"unspammability"

spam = to send unwanted messages and advertising
spammable = able to be spammed (able to receive these messages)
unspammable = unable to be spammed
unspammability = the inability to be spammed (as a noun)
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	noun				verb			adjective

noun	-ian (musician, Christian)	-tion/-ation/-sion	-ity (sometimes -ility)
	-an/-i(nationalities)		-ee, -er/-or		-ness
	-ist (scientist, economist)	[no change]		[no change]
	(nouns -> nouns)		(verbs -> nouns)	(adj. -> nouns)



verb	[no change]			(nothing)		-ize
	(to make nouns -> verbs)				(to make adjectives -> verbs)




adj.	-y				-able/-ible		(nothing)
	-ful, -less			-ed/-ing
	-al (example: national)		-ant/-ent
	-ly/-like			-ive
	-ic/-an/-i/-ish/-ese 		(verbs -> adjectives)
	   (language/nationality)
	(nouns -> adjectives)
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Grammar book p. 73 part 9
1 a
2 a
3 a
4 one
5 a
6 a
7 a
8 a
9 -
10 -
11 a
12 -
13 a
14 one
15 a
16 a

singular (count) nouns always have a determiner (which includes articles)
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Homework: Grammar Book p. 71 part 7 and 8, p. 73 part 10 and 11