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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