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- orthography - When are tion, sion, and cion used - English . . .
Words ending in -tion If the ending is pronounced as in station, then it's spelled -tion For example: addition; duration; nation; solution; ambition; edition; caution; position If the noun is related to a word ending in -ate, then the ending will be -ation, e g donation (from donate) or vacation (from vacate)
- suffixes - Word formation with the nominal suffix -tion: when and why . . .
Because the regular suffix for the supine stem past participle is -t-in Latin, we often see -tion; but compare also miss-ion, fus-ion, cohes-ion, inflex-ion, etc The same suffix can also be found with non-supine stems, though less frequently so, like rebellion, legion, etc
- pronunciation - What are the rules to pronounce the suffix -tion in . . .
Of course, the "rule" I outlined does not apply to all words that just end in the letters "tion" in English: the most notable counterexample is the word cation However, I can't think of any counterexamples to my rule when dealing with the actual suffix -tion
- suffixes - Why is i before a -tion suffix pronounced like a short . . .
We noticed that before the suffix -tion, the "i" is always a short sound, despite being an open syllable All the other vowels are mostly pronounced as long sounds, as expected in open syllables Why is this? Example -ition words: position, competition, tuition, edition; Other -tion words: (ation) station, nation, fixation, isolation (exception
- What determines the addition of the suffixes tion and sion?
The distribution of -sion and -tion in English is primarily historical, not rule-based: words that were spelled with sio(n) in Latin continue to be spelled with s, while words that were spelled with tio(n) in Latin are spelled with t (in the past, the letter c was a common alternative to t in words like this)
- Are there many -tion words that sound like vision?
Usually -tion words, such as motion, education, and lotion, end with a -shn sound But equation ends with a sound rhyming with vision Are there many more? What might some of them be? And if the pronunciation of equation is a rarity for words ending in -tion, why did that pronunciation for it arise? I'm asking this since I am not a native
- Why is tion pronounced as shun but not chun?
The suffix tion is pronounced as ʃən (shun) and not tʃən (chun) According to an answer by user Kosmonaut to a question "What rules of English allow the first t in “patient” to make an sh sound?": The reason something pronounced [ʃ] ("sh") would ever get the spelling "ti" is because of palatalization Basically, the "io" diphthong
- Choosing between -ing and -tion or -age - English Language Usage . . .
There are many cases that I have to choose between the -ing form of a verb and the -tion or - age nouns Like this question: Local waves within the harbor make difficult, if not impossible 1 anchoring 2 anchorage Which one is correct? Is this because of grammer, or meaning, or common usage?
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