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.
May 10, 2013 10:07 PM
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Thank you so much! I appreciate it.
May 11, 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.
May 11, 2013
There are hundreds of them. Just do a search.
May 11, 2013
So, by adding less and ness (the other one I forgot), we automatically convert any word into an adjective?
May 10, 2013
Yes, "careless" and "carelessness" are both acceptable words. "Careless" is an adjective and "carelessness" is a noun.
May 10, 2013
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