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Nouns	of	agency	and	profession
When	we	turn	a	verb	into	a	noun	to	represent	someone	(or	occasionally
something)	who	is	an	agent	of	that	action,	or	who	performs	the	action	in	a
professional	capacity,	we	typically	use	the	suffixes	“-or,”	“-er,”	or	“-r.”	For
example:
•	“My	fiancée	is	an	actor.”	(Someone	who	acts.)
•	“I’m	training	to	be	a	teacher.”	(Someone	who	teaches.)
•	“The	writer	is	very	well	known.”	(Someone	who	writes.)
•	“The	company	is	a	major	employer	in	the	area.”	(Something	that	employs
people.)
•	“The	projector	was	broken	today.”	(Something	that	projects.)
Nouns	of	recipience
For	verbs	that	become	nouns	to	represent	someone	who	is	the	recipient	of	an
action,	we	often	use	the	suffix	“-ee.”
Perhaps	the	most	common	example	of	this	in	modern	English	is	employee
(someone	who	others	employ),	as	in:
•	“The	employee	is	disputing	his	wages.”
Other	examples	include:
•	“The	bank	must	approve	you	as	the	payee.”	(Someone	who	is	paid.)
•	“There	is	one	more	interviewee	waiting	to	be	seen.”	(Someone	who	is
interviewed.)
Nouns	of	general	action
We	can	use	a	variety	of	different	suffixes	to	describe	an	action	in	general.	The
most	common	of	these	are	“-tion,”	“-sion,”	“-ance,”	“-ment,”	and	“-ence”;	in
some	instances,	we	change	the	ending	of	the	verb	slightly	in	order	to	take	the
suffix.
For	example:
•	“His	acceptance	of	the	position	was	received	warmly.”	(The	verb	accept
becomes	the	noun	acceptance.)
•	“Thank	you	for	the	invitation!”	(The	verb	invite	becomes	the	noun	invitation.)