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SUFFIXES AND WORDS THAT END IN EE OR OE
If a word ends with ee or oe AND the suffix begins with a vowel, KEEP THE E !!!
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Canoe + ing = canoeing Agree + ing = agreeing Agree + able = agreeable
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IF the root word ends with SILENT E
love and the suffix begins with a CONSONANT , K E E P the E ! love + ly = lovely
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Oops! Exceptions ! Argue + ment = Argument Awe + ful = awful
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Terrible + ly = terribly Shine + ing = shining Nose + y = nosy
If Word ends with silent E or l plus silent E AND The suffix begins with a vowel or y Drop the E !!! Terrible + ly = terribly Shine ing = shining Nose y = nosy
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Shine + ing = shining nose+ y = nosy
Usually drop the E !!! Shine + ing = shining nose+ y = nosy Oops!!! Exceptions Dye + ing = dyeing Mile + age = mileage
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KNOWLEDGE + ABLE = KNOWLEDGEABLE IF THE WORD ENDS WITH CE OR GE
AND THE SUFFIX BEGINS WITH A OR O, You KEEP THE E_! KNOWLEDGE + ABLE = KNOWLEDGEABLE
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SUFFIXES AND CE OR GE Knowledge + able = knowledgeable
Keeping the e makes the soft c (s) or soft g (j).
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Change y to i If a word ends in a consonant + Y Fry + ed = fried
Deny + es = denies Deny + ed denied UNLESS …
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OR UNLESS … THE SUFFIX BEGINS WITH I Cry + ing = crying
The root word ends in a vowel + y Relay + ed = relayed
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OR OR Do you remember this rule? I before E except after C,
the sound of long A As in neighbor and weigh the sound of long I as in height? OR OR
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Receive, deceit, receipt
Believe, chief, grieve Put i before e Receive, deceit, receipt Except after c and when sounded like a Neighbor, weigh, Eight, weight, veil, freight Or in long i height
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EXCEPTIONS…. and when sounded like a as in neighbor
Put i before e and when sounded like a as in neighbor Except after c Or the sound of long i as in height. EXCEPTIONS…. Leisure, either, neither, species, weird, seize, efficient
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