I am not sure, whether grammarians have made, a classification of the genre such as, primary nouns and derived nouns.
I am, with apology to traditional and innovative grammarians, using the term "derived nouns" for such words which are derived from any word including nouns, adjectives and verbs.
I am taking the nouns ending in 'tion' . Most of these words are derived from the verbs.
Examples:
verb: accumulate; derived noun: accumulation.
verb: act; derived noun: action.
verb: inflate; derived noun: inflation.
verb: inoculate; noun:; incoulation.
George Bernard Shaw used total 55 derived words ending in 'tion', in his play 'The Doctor's Dilemma'. (I am subject to err. I have not counted repetitions). I give below the words:
accumulation,action,affectation,affection,affiliation,attention,cation,caution,circulation,combination,complication,condition,congratulation,consolation,Consultation,consumption,conversation,conviction,damnation,demonstration,description,desertion,digestion,distinction,Evolution,exception,explanation,exposition,faction,fascination,formation,generation,imagination,inattention,inclination,indignation,infection,information,inoculation,inspiration,institution,intention,interruption,intimidation,intuition,justification,legation,mention,multiplication,nation,notion, operation, perturbation, qualification, relegation .(total:)55. I have missed some words, apparently.
We can easiy identify the verbs for the words with the exception of condition, mention.
31 of these 'tion' words end in 'ation'.
CHOICE BOX
accumulation,affectation,affiliation,cation,circulation,combination,complication,congratulation,consolation,Consultation,conversation,damnation,demonstration,explanation,fascination,formation,generation,imagination,inclination,indignation,information,inoculation,inspiration,intimidation,justification,legation,multiplication,nation, operation, qualification, relegation. perturbation.(total: 31.)
Fill in the blanks selecting suitable words from the Choice Box. Compare your answer with the word used by Shaw. Just hover your mouse on the word answer.
SENTENCE BOX
1: I'm talking nonsense: I daresay I AM a quack, a quack with a _____ation.ANSWER
2: It's a dilemma: It's a dilemma: You see there is a ____ation we havnot
mentioned. ANSWER
3: The lodgment in the system of a pathogenic germ, and the ____ation of that germ: What is the remedy?. ANSWER
4: No I don't: I don't like any man who has'nt a healthy ___ation. ANSWER
5: My father used to declare his belief that smallpox ___ation was good, not only
for smallpox, but for all fevers. ANSWER
6: When they actually do die, I sometimes have to offer that ___ation, thinly disguised, to the family. ANSWER
7: Great heavens, man, you dont mean to say you sent her for a throat ____ation. ANSWER
8. B: [who has listened to Walpole with growing ____ation]
But--but--but--when was this, may I ask?. ANSWER
9: He has to struggle with the diffidence of poverty and ____ to the
poorer middle class. ANSWER.
10: I mean no disrespect to your generation, Sir Patrick: some of you old stagers did marvels through sheer professional intuition and clinical experience. ANSWER.
I am aware that I missed some words. I shall present them shortly. Please bear with me in the mean time.
