Herb,

I always appreciate confirmation of my thinking regarding grammar from an
expert like you along with an explanation of the concept.  Thanks!

Linda 


 
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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Linda,

You're right that nouns can modify nouns and therefore function as
adjectives.  And function is a nice instance of a verb in -tion.
English borrowed "function" from French as a noun in the late 16th c.
It's verb use doesn't appear until 1856.

And your cynicism is well founded.

Herb

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Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 11:50 PM
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Subject: Re: tion & nouns

Can't words ending in -tion (or -ion) also function as adjectives like an
election poll (or like a verb as used in this sentence:  function)? I'm all
for simplifying as much as possible for my students, but I've learned to be
cynical about using the words "all" or "none" regarding grammar.

Linda


 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
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Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2008 12:36 PM
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Subject: tion & nouns


I teach middle school.  One of the teachers in my district (not my
building)
said that all words that end in -tion are nouns.  I never heard that before,
but I thought of all the words I could that end in -tion.  I think he might
be right.

Then I thought maybe all words that end in just -ion are nouns.  Am I right?
Maybe this information will help my students, but I don't want to tell them
something wrong.

If all words that end is -ion are nouns, can someone tell me why?  Is there
some history about those words?
Thanks!
Jan

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