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.
2013년 5월 10일 오후 10:07
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Thank you so much! I appreciate it.
2013년 5월 11일
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.
2013년 5월 11일
There are hundreds of them. Just do a search.
2013년 5월 11일
So, by adding less and ness (the other one I forgot), we automatically convert any word into an adjective?
2013년 5월 10일
Yes, "careless" and "carelessness" are both acceptable words. "Careless" is an adjective and "carelessness" is a noun.
2013년 5월 10일
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