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Final Silent e Before a Suffix
If a word ends in a consonant followed by a silent e, drop the e before suffixes beginning with a vowel, but keep the e before suffixes beginning with a consonant. For example:
- engage —> engaging —> engagement
- care —> caring —> careful
- fate —> fatal —> fateful
- scarce —> scarcity —> scarcely
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