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Nana
I'd like to find out the proper word for name suffixes like Jr., Sr., etc. Is it suffix?
28 mag 2010 04:07
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Hi Nana,
I think they are "abbreviations"..They can't be labelled suffixes because a suffix is an affix that is added to the end of a word that conditions its usage or meaning.
here is an example of suffixes :
suffix "cide", its meaning: murder, killing agent , example of words: suicide , vespacide, regicide...
28 maggio 2010
Jr = junior (ie. the younger)
Sr = senior (ie. the older)
This is used in rich families which have a tradition of naming the son after the father. For example, both father and son may have the same name: Maxwell Houseworth.
Maxwell Houseworth Sr is the father. Maxwell Houseworth Jr is the son.
28 maggio 2010
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Nana
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Cinese (mandarino), Inglese, Coreano
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Inglese, Coreano
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