Yee from Hong Kong writes: I'm not sure how the suffix -ness works. Can we add -ness to all types of words to make nouns? Thanks for your answer.

To combine two individual words (e.g., a noun and a verb or an adjective and a noun) into an acceptable word combination, you should be aware of the English word combination constraints of words. This ...

Take is one of the most commonly used verbs in the English language whose basic meaning ... There are a large number of take + noun collocations of which I include a selection of the most common ...