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Spelling Tip

Keeping or dropping a final e

When adding ing or ly to the end of words with an unpronounced or silent e, you drop the e if the ending begins with a vowel.  You keep the e if the ending begins with a consonant.

Examples:  advise + able = advisable, force + ible = forcible, and care + ful = careful

Exceptions:  dye + ing = dyeing, shoeing, and mileage.
Exception:  the final e is kept after a soft c or g as in courageous or changeable.
Exception:  the final e is dropped before an ending beginning with a consonant, when the e is preceded by another vowel as in argue + ment = argument, true + ly = truly, and due + ly = duly.