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***-able
portable (adj)
pleasurable (adj)
(BUT ALSO: table (noun))
***-y
hairy (adj)
rainy (adj)
(BUT ALSO: lady (noun))
***- (o)us
mysterious (adj)
ridiculous (adj)
****-ful
hopeful (adj)
beautiful (adj)
*** -less
powerless (adj)
homeless(adj)
NOTE: IT IS A SERIOUS MISTAKE TO RELY EXCLUSIVELY ON THE
FORM OF THE WORD TO TELL YOU IF IT IS AN ADJECTIVE.
POSITION AND FUNCTION ARE FAR MORE USEFUL IN
DETERMINING WHETHER A WORD IS AN ADJECTIVE.
ABOUT ADJECTIVES
One way of talking about adjectives is to describe
their position. MOST adjectives are attributive. That
means they come BEFORE the noun they modify.
Example: Male marine turtles do not return to shore
once they hatch.
But some adjectives are postpositive which means
they come AFTER the nouns they modify.
Example: The president elect has made marine
turtles a major part of his agenda.
And when the head of the noun phrase is an indefinite
pronoun (example: everybody), the adjectives move
to the post-modifying position.
Example: The coordinator told everybody new to
move to the center of the room.