🌀 The Suffix -wise
🔎 The suffix (= letters that are added to the end of another word) –wise is an adverb maker that comes in very handy:
1️⃣ In some fixed expressions, it means in the direction of .
💭EXAMPLES: lengthwise, clockwise, anti-clockwise
2️⃣ It is used in some useful function words.
💭EXAMPLES: likewise, otherwise
3️⃣🔅 The suffix -wise can also be added to a large number of words in the sense of from a ... point of view , refering to , or speaking of .
💭EXAMPLE: Money-wise I’m having a few problems.
💭EXAMPLE: (ON TV) Let’s see what’s happening weather-wise.
💭EXAMPLE: I'm better than he is language-wise.
Comment any other examples you know. 👇👇👇
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🔎 The suffix (= letters that are added to the end of another word) –wise is an adverb maker that comes in very handy:
1️⃣ In some fixed expressions, it means in the direction of .
💭EXAMPLES: lengthwise, clockwise, anti-clockwise
2️⃣ It is used in some useful function words.
💭EXAMPLES: likewise, otherwise
3️⃣🔅 The suffix -wise can also be added to a large number of words in the sense of from a ... point of view , refering to , or speaking of .
💭EXAMPLE: Money-wise I’m having a few problems.
💭EXAMPLE: (ON TV) Let’s see what’s happening weather-wise.
💭EXAMPLE: I'm better than he is language-wise.
Comment any other examples you know. 👇👇👇
@ingliztiliuzz
#suffix #intermediate