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What is a Silent E? (and when to drop it) (Rule 1 (Keep the silent E when…
What is a Silent E? (and when to drop it)
Rule 1
Keep the silent E when you are adding a suffix that starts with a consonant such as -ness, -ment, -log.
Rule 3
When the word ends in a soft -ge or -ce, and the suffix starts in a hard sound or a consonant, you do not drop the silent E.
Rule 2
Drop the silent E when you are adding a suffix that starts with a vowel such as -ing, -able, ian.
Rule 4
You can drop the Silent E when there is a soft J sound made by a G. Such as in judgment.
Rule 5
Since words barely end in U, you add a silent E to the end, but drop it when you add suffixes
Rule 6
When you are adding vowel suffixes to words that end with oe, you do not drop the silent E
Rule 7.1
When you are adding ing to a word that ends in ie, first drop the E whatsoever. Then you have double i's so, you change the Y to an I to avoid double I's Exceptions include Hawaii and Rabii
Rule 7.2
You drop the E or leave it but the word has a different pronunciation after adding a suffix.
Rule 7.3
Basically these are the words that don't apply to any of these rules.
whole --- wholly
hole --- holey
dye --- dyeing
Rule 7.4
Exceptions for these rules
acre --- acreage
awe --- awful
fire --- fiery
glue --- gluey
nine --- ninth
cage --- cagey
stage --- stagy