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Use the sentence to answer the question.

The leader’s infectious laugh spreads good cheer throughout his team, creating a jovial and amiable atmosphere.

How does adding -ous to change infect to infectious change the word’s part of speech?

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It changes the verb infect to an adverb, infectious.
It changes the verb infect to an adverb, infectious .

It changes the adjective infect to a noun, infectious.
It changes the adjective infect to a noun, infectious .

It changes the noun infect to an adjective, infectious.
It changes the noun infect to an adjective, infectious .

It changes the verb infect to an adjective, infectious.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
It changes the verb infect to an adjective, infectious.

Explanation: adding the suffix -ous creates an adjective meaning "having the quality of" (e.g., infectious = having the quality of causing contagion or spreading).