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Old 26-Jan-2004, 09:23
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They have, in a sense, both- they are infections, suffixes, added to the root word from which they are derived.

I'd say 'go' is the root and the suffixes are inflections added to the others.
http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/inflection.html
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