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How does adding -ous to change infect to infectious change the word’s part of speech?
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Adding the suffix "-ous" to the word "infect" to create "infectious" changes the word's part of speech from a verb (infect) to an adjective (infectious).
- **Infect**: This is a verb that means to contaminate or cause disease.
- **Infectious**: This is an adjective that describes something capable of causing infection or disease, often referring to illnesses that can be transmitted from one person to another.
Thus, the addition of "-ous" transforms the action of the verb into a descriptive quality of the noun.
- **Infect**: This is a verb that means to contaminate or cause disease.
- **Infectious**: This is an adjective that describes something capable of causing infection or disease, often referring to illnesses that can be transmitted from one person to another.
Thus, the addition of "-ous" transforms the action of the verb into a descriptive quality of the noun.