Adjectives 夠竟可以點分類? 要祥細解答

suffix (+ ful)
e.g. beautiful (beauty + ful), careful (care + ful)

suffix (+ ing)
e.g. exciting (excite + ing ), interesting (interest + ing)

suffix (+ y)
e.g. creamy (cream + y), juicy (juice + y)

suffix (+ ly)
e.g. daily (day + ly), neighbourly (neighbour + ly)

suffix (+ ive)
e.g. digestive (digest + ive), detective (detect + ive)

suffix (+ al)
e.g. professional (profession + al), national (nation + al)

suffix (+ able)
e.g. comfortable (comfort + able), comparable (compare + able)

root
e.g. mad, sad, bad

其實morphology就像數學的方程式一樣,從root, prefix和suffix著眼,你會找到很多很多類別,也可以找出它們的規律.例如root, A + root, root + B, A + root + B, root + B + C, A + root + B + C, A + D + root + B + C等等.