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To indicate the meaning of ‘tool’ what is mentioned in the base form.
Examples: mix +
-er mixer ‘the machine or device for mixing’
grate +
-er grater ‘the device for grating s.t.’
4.1.2.4 Suffix –ize a. Form
Suffix –ize does not have any change when it is attached to the base form. But the base form which is ended by the phoneme y and e are drop before suffix -ize.
Examples: sterilize +
-ize sterilize ‘to make sterile’
legal + -ize
legalize ‘to make s.t. legal’
b. Distribution
Suffix –ize may be attached to the base as follows:
Noun Examples: drama N + -ize
dramatize ‘to make s.t. such as a novel or an event into a play’
terror N +
-ize terrorize ‘to cause terror by violent’
Adjective
Examples: sterile Adj + -ize sterilize ‘to make sterile’
apology Adj + -ize apologize ‘to make an apology’
c. Function
The function of suffix –tion may be described as follows:
To form Verb from Noun Examples: drama N + -ize
dramatize V ‘to make s.t. such as a novel or
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an event into a play’ terror N +
-ize terrorize V ‘to cause terror by violent’
To form Verb from Adjective
Examples: legal Adj + -ize legalize V ‘to make s.t. legal’
sterile Adj + -ize sterilize V ‘to make sterile’
d. Meaning
The meaning of suffix –ize may be considered follows:
To indicate the meaning of ‘make’ of what is mentioned in the base form Examples: victim
+ -ize victimize ‘make a victim of’
sterile + -ize
sterilize ‘to make sterile’
To indicate the meaning of ‘to express to do’ Example: terror
+ -ize terrorize ‘to cause terror by violent’
modern + -ize
modernize ‘to change s.t. so that it is suitable for modern needs’
4.1.2.5 Suffix -less a. Form
Suffix –less does not have any change when it is attached to the base form which ended with vowel and consonant.
Examples: blame + -less
blameless ‘no blame’ spirit
+ -less spiritless ‘without spirit’
b. Distribution
Noun
Examples: flavour N + -less
flavourless ‘having no flavor’
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friend N + -less
friendless ‘ without any friends’
Verb
Examples: effort V + -less
effortless ‘no effort’ heed V
+ -less heedless ‘without heed attention to s.t.s.b.’
c. Function
The function of suffix –less may be described as follows:
To form Adjective from Verb Examples: effort V
+ -less effortless Adj ‘no effort’
heed V + -less
heedless Adj ‘not heed s.t.s.b.’
To form Adjective from Noun
Examples: tree N + -less
treeless Adj ‘without trees’ luck N
+ -less luckless Adj ‘not lucky’
d. Meaning
