uffixes
A suffix is a group of letters placed at the end of a word to make a new word. A suffix can make
a new word in one of two ways:
1. Inflectional (grammatical): for example, changing singular to plural (dog>dogs), or
changing present tense to past tense (walk>walked). In this case the basic meaning of
the word does not change.
2. Derivational (the new word has a new meaning), “derived” from the original word): for
example, teach>teacher or care>careful.
Inflectional Suffixes do not change the meaning of the original word. Example: Every day I walk
to school. Yesterday I walked to school.