Noun formation I. Nouns having the same form as verbs II. Nouns formed with prefixes III. Nouns formed with suffixes IV. Abbreviations and acronyms I. Nouns having the same form as verbs In English, there are a number of nouns with the same form as verbs....
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Noun formation I. Nouns having the same form as verbs II. Nouns formed with prefixes III. Nouns formed with suffixes IV. Abbreviations and acronyms I. Nouns having the same form as verbs In English, there are a number of nouns with the same form as verbs. Examples: charge, comment, contract, copy, debate, design, hope, look, plan, reply, study In some cases, the nouns differ from the verbs in a) stress : with nouns, the stress is on the first syllable, with verbs, on the second. Examples: contrast, decrease, export, import, increase, present, progress, record, research, transfer b) pronunciation: noun use [ju:s] verb use [ju:z] c) spelling: noun practice verb practise (BE) but: practice practice (AE) d) both spelling and pronunciation noun advice [s] verb advise [z] device [s] devise [z] II. Nouns formed with prefixes Most of the prefixes used for forming adjectives and verbs are also used for forming nouns (see A Remedial Course in English Grammar: Adjectives (Adjectives formed with p
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