ThreeBlessings Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 Would YOU keep or drop the e in these words? biteable, shakeable, moveable, hateable, livable, nameable, rateable, sizeable, saleable, ropeable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myfatherslily Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 I believe "livable" is the only one that's an actual word. The rest I would hyphenate if I wanted to use them as words ("bite-able"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warneral Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 You would drop the silent "e" when you add a vowel suffix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeBlessings Posted March 8, 2012 Author Share Posted March 8, 2012 You would drop the silent "e" when you add a vowel suffix This rule is why I'm asking. :) I've seen the words both ways, and looking them up it seems both ways are correct for at least some of them. Some of the words I've never spelled by dropping the e, namely ratable, hatable, bitable, namable, shakable. I guess because to me the vowel then seems short? I would definitely spell them rateable, hateable, biteable, nameable, shakeable. I was curious how others spelled the words. For some reason sizable, salable, and livable seem more okay to me, though really livable and sizable would be the only ones I would drop the e. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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