Suffixes can't stand alone as their own words, but they can significantly change a word's meaning.  They can also change the grammatical form of a word. For instance, the word friend is a noun. But when the suffix -ly is added to it, it becomes and adjective:…

Suffixes can't stand alone as their own words, but they can significantly change a word's meaning.  They can also change the grammatical form of a word. For instance, the word friend is a noun. But when the suffix -ly is added to it, it becomes and adjective:…