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English suffices
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.. contents::
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:local:
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Suffix -s
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Suffixes ``-s``/``-es`` are used to create:
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* plural form of nouns
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* verbs in the third person
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After ``-sh``, ``-ch``, ``-ss`` and ``-x`` endings suffix ``-es`` is added.
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After ``-o`` usually suffix ``-es`` added::
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cargo ⇒ cargoes, echo ⇒ echoes, go ⇒ goes, hero ⇒ heroes, tomato ⇒ tomatoes
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but there are few exceptions::
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memos, photos, pianos, videos
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Words ending in consonant + ``-y`` change ``-y`` to ``-i`` and ``-es`` is
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appended::
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apply ⇒ applies, baby ⇒ babies, carry ⇒ carries, marry ⇒ marries
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General rule is just append ``-s`` suffix::
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bring ⇒ brings, buy ⇒ buys, day ⇒ days, smile ⇒ smiles, speak ⇒ speaks
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``[s]`` pronunciation is used after voiceless sounds::
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[f] beliefs, laughs, graphs
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[k] attacks, books, bricks, drinks
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[p] cups, helps, stops
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[t] hits, pets, writes
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[θ] maths, myths, months
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``[z]`` pronunciation is used after voiced sounds::
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[ɡ] bags, dogs, pigs, rugs
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[b] crabs, grabs, robs
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[ð] bathes, breathes, clothes
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[d] cards, ends, lids, rides, words
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[l] calls, falls, fails, hills
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[m] comes, dreams, plums, trams
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[n] earns, burns, pens, runs
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[ŋ] belongs, paintings, kings, sings, songs
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[r] wears, cures
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[v] drives, gloves, leaves, loves
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-y: plays, boys, says
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``[ɪz]`` or ``[əz]`` pronunciation is used after sibilant sounds::
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[dʒ] ages, changes, edges, bridges, images, pages
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[s] boxes, bosses, buses, fixes, kisses, places, races
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[∫] crashes, dishes, pushes, teaches, washes, wishes
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[ʧ] churches, matches, watches
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[z] chooses, freezes, prizes, rises, sizes, quizzes
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Suffix -ed
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Words ending in ``-e`` do not require additional ``e``::
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agree ⇒ agreed, arrive ⇒ arrived, love ⇒ loved
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Words ending in a consonant + ``-y`` change the ``-y`` to ``i`` before ``-ed``::
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apply ⇒ applied, cry ⇒ cried, dry ⇒ dried
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Word ending in ``-ic`` change ending to ``-ick`` before ``ing``::
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frolic ⇒ frolicked, mimic ⇒ mimicked, panic ⇒ panicked
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picnic ⇒ picnicked, traffic ⇒ trafficked
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The general rule is add ``-ed`` to the verb::
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clean ⇒ cleaned, seem ⇒ seemed, sail ⇒ sailed
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``[id]`` is pronounced after the letters ``t``, ``d``::
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added, faded, folded, hated, needed, started, wanted
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``[d]`` is pronounced after a voiced consonant or after a vowel::
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[ɡ]: begged, flagged
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[b]: grabbed, robbed
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[ð] bathe ⇒ bathed, breathed
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[d] ended, lidded
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[dʒ]: changed, judged
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[l]: called, failed
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[m]: boomed, farmed, formed
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[n]: earned, learned
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[ŋ] belonged
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[r]: cured, occurred
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[v]: loved, saved
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[z]: seized
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played, lied, toed, studied, mowed, weighed
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``[t]`` is pronounced after a voiceless consonant::
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[ʃ]: crashed, flashed, pushed, washed, wished
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[f]: laughed, puffed
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[ʧ]: hatched, matched, watched
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[k]: baked, looked, lacked
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[p]: jumped, stopped
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[s]: fixed, kissed, passed, placed
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Suffix -ing
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Suffix ``-ing`` are used to create:
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* gerunds
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* verbs form for continuous tenses
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Words ending in ``-ee``, ``-ye``, ``-oe`` keep the ``-e``:
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agree ⇒ agreeing, flee ⇒ fleeing, free ⇒ freeing, see ⇒ seeing
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Words ending in ``-ie`` change the ``-i`` to ``-y`` and ``-e`` is dropped before
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``-ing``:
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die ⇒ dying, lie ⇒ lying, tie ⇒ tying
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Words ending in ``-e`` drop the ``-e`` before ``-ing``::
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give ⇒ giving, love ⇒ loving, lose ⇒ losing
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argue ⇒ arguing, issue ⇒ issuing, sue ⇒ suing
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Word ending in ``-ic`` change ending to ``-ick`` before ``ing``::
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frolic ⇒ frolicking, mimic ⇒ mimicking, panic ⇒ panicking
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picnic ⇒ picnicking, traffic ⇒ trafficking
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The general rule is just add ``-ing`` to the verb::
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accept ⇒ accepting, go ⇒ going, hurry ⇒ hurrying, play ⇒ playing
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Suffix -er
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Syffix -ly
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Doubling consonants
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When word ends with one of consonants ``b``, ``d``, ``g``, ``l``, ``m``, ``n``,
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``p``, ``r``, ``t`` that followed by single vowel this consonant doubled before
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prefixes ``-ed``, ``-er``, ``-est``, ``-ing``::
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hop ⇒ hopped, rub ⇒ rubbed, prefer ⇒ preferred, transmit ⇒ transmitted
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admit ⇒ admitting, forget ⇒ forgetting, sit ⇒ sitting, slim ⇒ slimming
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travel ⇒ traveller, wet ⇒ wetter
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thin ⇒ thinner
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red ⇒ reddish, occur ⇒ occurrence
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