Juan
Use of less and lessness terminations Well I have this doubt: Are any word able to finish with less and lessness? For instance : Careless and Carelessness Hope you can help me.
10. Mai 2013 22:07
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Thank you so much! I appreciate it.
11. Mai 2013
Not exactly. For example, "hope" is a noun. If you add "-less" you get "hopeless." "Hopeless" is an adjective that means "having no hope." If you add "-ness" to that, you get "hopelessness." "Hopelessness" is a noun meaning "the state of having no hope." It doesn't work with every word, but there are many it does work with.
11. Mai 2013
There are hundreds of them. Just do a search.
11. Mai 2013
So, by adding less and ness (the other one I forgot), we automatically convert any word into an adjective?
10. Mai 2013
Yes, "careless" and "carelessness" are both acceptable words. "Careless" is an adjective and "carelessness" is a noun.
10. Mai 2013
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