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| eがcの後の場合 | chief, grief, niece, relief |
| そうでない場合 | receive, conceit, ceiling, deceive |
| 例外 | either, neither, leisure, seize, weird, financier, friend |
| 母音の前のeは消去 | |
| love + able = lavable | fame + ous = famous |
| desire + able = desirable | come + ing = coming |
| eがcやgに続く場合、母音の前のeは残す | |
| courage + ous = courageous | notice + able = noticeable |
| change + able = changeable | |
| 他の単語との混乱を避けるためにeをのこす単語 | |
| arrage + ment = arrangement | entire + ly = entirely |
| care + ful = careful | care + less = careless |
| 例外 | |
| due + ly = duly | awe + ful = awful |
| true + ly = truly | |
| 接尾語の前でyをiに変える | |
| happy + ness = happiness | mercy + full = mercifull |
| busy + ly = busily | bury + al = burial |
| ただし、ingの前では変えない | |
| modify + ing = modifying | |
| yで終わる動詞でyの前が母音の場合yをiに変えない | |
| sway + s = sways | joy + ful = joyful |
| 例外 | |
| pay + ed = paid | lay + ed = laid |
| say + ed = said | |