Improve your ability to understand English by learning about noun suffixes. In this English lesson, I teach you about -ism, -dom, -age, and -tion — what these suffixes mean, and how they work. This is a lesson for more advanced students. Pull up a chair and learn!
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My question is as follows: Which one out of thes is grammatically correct:
1. All that you have to do is take care of the baby.
2. All that you have to do is taking care of the baby.
3. All that you have to do is to take care of the baby.
Previously, I was taught to use To-infinitive or Gerund after the verb “To Be”, but recently, I have red the No#1 in a TOEIC book which says N#1 is correct.
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Hello,James!Great lessons!You mention suffixe -ion or -tion with e.g.action.So what about the word satisfaction? is it not an action or condition then what?
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Dear James,
thank you very much for this lesson! It was really helpfull! Now I understand what noun suffxis mean. But I should like to request if it is possible for you to explain to us what are also prefixes mean and how we can use them. The both topics are closely linked and it’s very important for me to understand them.
Big thanks in advance!!!
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With “-ism” maybe feudalism, catholicism, apoliticism and heroism; with “-age” maybe shortage, manage and baggage or luggage; with “-tion” maybe pronunciation and elaboration; and with “-dom” maybe boredom, martyrdom, earldom and officialdom. These are some words I have got to find but I suppose there are a lot more of them. Thanks teacher James from EngVid for your explanation.
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