Translation
the abstract quality itself; -ness
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Examples
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The beauty of the city surprised me.
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They fought for freedom.
o .
His goodness is known to everyone.
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Youth passes too quickly.
o o .
Strength without wisdom is dangerous.
-- lifts a quality out of the thing that has it and names it. gives , gives , gives o, gives , gives o. The result is a noun in -o, and stands alone meaning a property or characteristic.
The contrast to keep straight is with --, which names the concrete thing instead: is beauty, o is a beautiful object you could point at. Confuse the two and you compliment the vase when you meant to praise the idea.
One practical note. Plenty of adjectives already have a plain noun sitting beside them, and the plain noun usually wins. is heat and o is warmth-as-a-property, which is rarely what you want; reach for -- when no simpler noun exists.
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-ec-: worksheet, infographic and listicle
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