Eponyms as nouns and verbs

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Eponyms as nouns and verbs

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Sep 6, 2021

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To google, to hoover... Learn about words that have come from commercial products.

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Sep 6, 2021

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Suffixes -sion -tion -tian: "I have a confesSION: my ambiTION is to meet a MarTIAN!" - We teach you suffixes. by Learning English Vocabulary
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Eponyms as nouns and verbs: What does the word Hoover have in common with the word Google? by Learning English Vocabulary
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