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    The document describes the eight main English inflectional morphemes, which are suffixes added to words to change their grammatical function or meaning. It lists the morphemes -s, -'s, -er, -est, -s, -ed, -en, and -ing and their functions of marking plurals, possessives, comparatives, superlatives, third-person singular present, past tense, past participle, and present participle respectively for nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Examples are provided to illustrate each morpheme.

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    The document describes the eight main English inflectional morphemes, which are suffixes added to words to change their grammatical function or meaning. It lists the morphemes -s, -'s, -er, -est, -s, -ed, -en, and -ing and their functions of marking plurals, possessives, comparatives, superlatives, third-person singular present, past tense, past participle, and present participle respectively for nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Examples are provided to illustrate each morpheme.

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    The Eight English Inflectional Morphemes

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    Syafiqah Matyusof
    The document describes the eight main English inflectional morphemes, which are suffixes added to words to change their grammatical function or meaning. It lists the morphemes -s, -'s, -er, -est, -s, -ed, -en, and -ing and their functions of marking plurals, possessives, comparatives, superlatives, third-person singular present, past tense, past participle, and present participle respectively for nouns, adjectives, and verbs. Examples are provided to illustrate each morpheme.

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    The eight English inflectional morphemes MORPHEME GRAMMATICAL FUNCTION EXAMPLES regular: dogs, cats, horses Plural Marks

    as more than one irregular: sheep, cacti, phenomena, children NOUNS Possessive Marks for ownership Barts, Homers, Marges Comparative Marks for comparison (usually accompanied by than). closer, whiter, quicker ADJECTIVES Superlative Marks as superlative (sometimes accompanied by of). closest, whitest, quickest 3rd-singular Present Agreement Marks to agree with singular third person (his, her, it), in the present tense. runs, waits, pushes

    regular: dragged, backed, baited Past Tense Marks (roughly) for past action. irregular: hit, ran, swam Marks past participle (follows be or have): regular: chosen, proven, woken Past Participle Bart was chosen I have chosen Bart). irregular: drunk, hung; waited (same as past tense) VERBS Present Participle Marks present participle (follows be: Bart was walking). walking, jumping, swinging

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