Register  Login  Active Topics  Maps  

[English] -ous, -ious

  Tags: Morphology | English
 Language Learning Forum : Specific Languages Post Reply
theyweed
Senior Member
Poland
Joined 3571 days ago

23 posts - 33 votes
Speaks: English

 
 Message 1 of 5
17 September 2014 at 8:40am | IP Logged 
I have a problem with spelling as far as -ous,-eous,ious, endings are concerned. IS there
any rule governing those endings? The helpful "y" doesn't apply here, for we've luxury -
luxurious and on the other hand calamity - calamitous
1 person has voted this message useful



Cabaire
Senior Member
Germany
Joined 5358 days ago

725 posts - 1352 votes 

 
 Message 2 of 5
17 September 2014 at 9:04am | IP Logged 
Learn Latin! ;-) I suppose, there are etymological reasons:

calamitas, -atis / calamitosus has no i,
luxuria (luxuries) / luxuriosus has an i in it.

And the pronunciation is different:

calamitous ends in [-ɪtəs], but luxurious in [-əriəs]
2 persons have voted this message useful



Xenops
Senior Member
United States
thexenops.deviantart
Joined 3584 days ago

112 posts - 158 votes 
Speaks: English*
Studies: Spanish, Japanese

 
 Message 3 of 5
20 September 2014 at 6:02pm | IP Logged 
As a native (American) English speaker that does not know Latin, the best we can do is sound out the word, but otherwise memorize it. :( That's probably why a lot of Americans rely on auto-correct.
2 persons have voted this message useful



beano
Diglot
Senior Member
United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name
Joined 4381 days ago

1049 posts - 2152 votes 
Speaks: English*, German
Studies: Russian, Serbian, Hungarian

 
 Message 4 of 5
22 September 2014 at 5:16pm | IP Logged 
Funny how a language that is a complete mish-mash ended up as the nearest thing we have to a global standard language.
1 person has voted this message useful



IronFist
Senior Member
United States
Joined 6196 days ago

663 posts - 941 votes 
Speaks: English*
Studies: Japanese, Korean

 
 Message 5 of 5
23 September 2014 at 5:26am | IP Logged 
I just tried to make a thread but it added it as a reply to this thread. The forum might be a feature that could accept some verifying.

Edited by IronFist on 23 September 2014 at 5:44am



1 person has voted this message useful



If you wish to post a reply to this topic you must first login. If you are not already registered you must first register


Post ReplyPost New Topic Printable version Printable version

You cannot post new topics in this forum - You cannot reply to topics in this forum - You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum - You cannot create polls in this forum - You cannot vote in polls in this forum


This page was generated in 0.2656 seconds.


DHTML Menu By Milonic JavaScript
Copyright 2024 FX Micheloud - All rights reserved
No part of this website may be copied by any means without my written authorization.