Assertion: suffix | /r/HasProperty | inflection
Facets:
value: to specify number
type: PURPOSE
value: to nouns
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: to specify case
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: It is the process of adding grammatical suffixes (the suffixes themselves are inflections) to nouns to specify number and case (dog plus -s becomes dogs; plus apostrophe plus -s, it becomes dog’s, the genitive singular), to verbs to indicate tense or number (sign plus -ed becomes signed; sign plus -s becomes signs), and to other words for other grammatical or semantic purposes (such as the -er added to the end of bright to form the comparative of the adjective or the -ly tacked on to some adjectives to make them into adverbs (brightly, for example).