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1-1 suffixes used to form abstract nouns ： -ment :(= result or means of development, treatment, experiment; ） -age: (= state or condition of) advantage, dosage, linkage; –ize -ism (= with verb ending in forming ns): criticism, mechanism, plagiarism; -able, -ible -ibility (come from adjectives ending in ): flexibility, permeability, stability -ion/ -sion/-tion (= action, process): examination, observation, evolution, fusion, propulsion; -ness (= astate or condition): brightness, effectiveness, richness, hardness, fearlessness; -lessness (= without, failure): colorlessness, odourlessness, fearlessness; -ity (= aquality or condition): compatibility, specificity, propability, polarity; -ance/ -ence/-ancy/-ency (= aprocess or action): abundance, disturbance, dependence, influence, efficiency; -osis (= abstract nouns of process, also for diseases): metamorphosis, mitosis, tuberculosis; 1- 2. Suffixes used to form nouns related to mineral, chemical substance, or fossils: -ite : dynamite, graphite, nitrite, quartzite, trilobite -us: brachiosaurus, detritus, fungus, humus 1-3. 一些来自拉丁文的名词复数后缀，也需要注意： –ium–ia –um-a  singular nouns that end in change to when plural/ or to –on–ia –n –a  singular nouns that end in change to when plural/ orto –a –ae  singular nouns that end in change to when plural