Tell why the e is retained before the suffix in the following:
| noticeable | damageable | pronounceable | outrageous |
| courageous | peaceable | serviceable | manageable |
Tell why the e is dropped before adding the suffix in the following:
| managing | curable | erasure |
| besieging | admirable | realization |
| receiving | obliging | precedence |
| perseverance |
The fact that c has two different sounds causes a slight peculiarity in words ending in c. Final c has the sound of k. When words end in c, the letter k is usually added before a suffix beginning with either e, i, or y, to show that c is not pronounced like s; as,
frolic frolicked frolicking
If the k is not added, the c changes its pronunciation; as,
public publicity
Exercise 42
It follows by inference from Rule 9 that words ending in silent e retain the e before a suffix beginning with a consonant; as,