http://www.linglish.net Where English meets Linguistics Thu, 22 Jul 2010 01:19:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.linglish.net/images/logo.png http://www.linglish.net 144 166 Where English meets Linguistics http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/22/so-many-nationality-suffixes/ http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/22/so-many-nationality-suffixes/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:51:01 +0000 Thomas Tsoi http://www.linglish.net/?p=87 After posting my other article So many negative prefixes, I received very positive feedback and many readers apparently found the article interesting and useful. Indeed, these little affixes (prefixes and suffixes) can be puzzling when they are similar in meaning but nevertheless non-interchangeable. That makes people ask why they are what they are: is there [...]]]> http://www.linglish.net/2008/10/22/so-many-nationality-suffixes/feed/ 14