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 мая 2013 г., 22:07
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Thank you so much! I appreciate it.
11 мая 2013 г.
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 мая 2013 г.
There are hundreds of them. Just do a search.
11 мая 2013 г.
So, by adding less and ness (the other one I forgot), we automatically convert any word into an adjective?
10 мая 2013 г.
Yes, "careless" and "carelessness" are both acceptable words. "Careless" is an adjective and "carelessness" is a noun.
10 мая 2013 г.
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