Inflectional Suffixes
Inflection changes grammatical properties of a word within its syntactic category. In the example:
- I was hoping the cloth wouldn't fade, but it has faded quite a bit.
the suffix -ed inflects the root-word fade to indicate past tense.
Some inflectional suffixes in present day English:
- -tionto make into verb
- -s third person singular present
- -ed past tense
- -t past tense
- -ing progressive/continuous
- -en past participle
- -s plural
- -en plural (irregular)
- -er comparative
- -est superlative
- -n't negative
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