BBC

Adding the suffixes to words ending in 'fer'

When you add a suffix to a word ending in 'fer' you sometimes need to double the 'r', but how do you know when? When you add a suffixes and the second syllable of the new word is stressed, then you ...
RAPS

FDA Begins Adding Suffixes to Newly Approved Biologics' Names

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week began adding four-letter meaningless suffixes at the end of newly approved biologics' nonproprietary names, signaling a shift in policy from only ...
Yahoo Finance

FDA proposes adding suffixes to distinguish biosimilar drug names

WASHINGTON, Aug 27 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposed on Thursday identifying cheaper versions of biologic drugs with a suffix to distinguish them from their more expensive, ...
RAPS

FDA Reverses Course, Decides Not to Add Suffixes to Older Biologics’ Nonproprietary Names

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided not to go back and rename biologics’ nonproprietary names with nonsense suffixes, as it once said it would, raising questions about the confusion ...
PBS

The Deciduous Forest and Suffixes

When we add the suffix "-ly", our word becomes an adverb, that is describing the verbs, describing the action of how something is done. And when we add the suffix "-ness", our word becomes a noun. And ...