Suffixes serve a grammatical function.
Suffixes can also modify and extend meaning.
The following suffixes are grouped beneath the grammatical function they perform. Back to Vocabulary Workshop Home Page , vocabulary , prefixes , or suffixes . Nouns name persons, places animals or things, as well as groups, ideas and qualities. In a sentence, nouns can be subjects, objects, or appositives. Back to Vocabulary Workshop Home Page , vocabulary , prefixes , or suffixes .