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| ance as in elegance | ence as in correspondence |
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1) Adjectives that end in ant can change to make nouns ending in ance: |
| elegant > elegance | distant > distance | brilliant > brilliance |
2) Similarly, adjectives ending ent can change to make nouns ending ence:
| evident > evidence | different > difference | violent > violence |
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| The ance and ence suffixes are also not only used on ant or ent words, but on others also, for example: | |||||
| appearance annoyance ambulance alliance appliance avoidance balance circumstance clearance disturbance endurance entrance grievance guidance maintenance nuisance performance substance vengeance
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audience circumference conference conscience essence experience innocence intelligence interference persistence reference residence science sentence sequence silence succulence turbulence
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