Asked by jay

art B.

Read the lines from The Changing Seasons:

"Quiet stillness, pure delight"

How does adding the suffix -ness to the word still change its part of speech and meaning?

It changes the word to a verb meaning “to remain unmoving.”

It changes the word to a noun meaning “the state of being calm or quiet.”

It changes the word to an adjective meaning “very calm.”

It changes the word to an adverb meaning “in a quiet way.”
Question 5.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
It changes the word to a noun meaning “the state of being calm or quiet.”

Explanation: "still" (adjective) + -ness → "stillness" (noun) = the condition or quality of being still/quiet.