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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! --Polyglot 11:11, 18 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

xxx-ridden adjectives

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Hi there. These are not "used in combination", they are normal adjectives. ridden itself is used in combination in each of these adjectives though. SemperBlotto 12:10, 21 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Hi, you're perfectly right of course! I never thought about it - I think I just cut-and pasted from somewhere. Will delete the "used in combination bit" --BodegasAmbite 12:14, 21 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Categories.

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In order to add words to suffix categories. Use {{suffix}} under an ===Etymology=== directly beneath the ==English == heading. Also Category:English_adjectives_ending_in_-en_formed_from_a_noun should be under the relevant derived terms sections of -en. Conrad.Irwin 15:46, 25 November 2008 (UTC)Reply

Just edit -en. If you add {{suffix|BodegasAmbite|en}} to the page (as above) then users will get a link to the page and it will be categorized under Category:English words suffixed with -en. See chalcidology for a use of {{suffix}}. Conrad.Irwin 15:53, 25 November 2008 (UTC)Reply