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.
2013年5月10日 22:07
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Thank you so much! I appreciate it.
2013年5月11日
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.
2013年5月11日
There are hundreds of them. Just do a search.
2013年5月11日
So, by adding less and ness (the other one I forgot), we automatically convert any word into an adjective?
2013年5月10日
Yes, "careless" and "carelessness" are both acceptable words. "Careless" is an adjective and "carelessness" is a noun.
2013年5月10日
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