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Word formation: Noun and adjective suffixes - YES, WE LEARN!

Nouns ending -ion or -ity have the main stress on the syllable before, so the pronunciation may be different from the verb or adjective: Noun similarity stuudity punctuality ... change 'y' to 'i' before 'al', e.g. industry/industrial -able labll This suffix (also -ible in some words) is used to form many adjectives from nouns or verbs: ...