356 末尾字母e的省略

 

A e结尾的词,如e前面为辅音字母,要加上以元音字母开头的后缀时,先省略e

believe er believer

love ingloving

moveablemovable

但是dyesinge加后缀ing时其末尾的e不能省略,以免与diesing搞混:

dye dyeing

singesingeing

age加后缀ing时其末尾字母e也不省略,但在美国英语中要省略e

ageageing(英)/aging(美)

likable也可写成likeable

cege结尾的词,有时要保留字母e。参见第357节。

B 后缀如以辅音字母开头时,单词末尾字母e可以保留:

engageengagement

fortunatefortunately

hopehopeful

immediateimmediately

sincere sincerely

但是以able/ible结尾的形容词变为副词形式时,其末尾字母e要省略:

comfortable comfortably

incredible incredibly

下列词中的末尾字母e也要去掉:

argueargument

due duly

judgejudgementjudgment

truetryly

wholewholly(注意这里双写字母l

C ee结尾的词加后缀时不省略字母e

agreeagreed agreeing agreement

foresee foreseeing foreseeable