A 以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= believerlove +ing=lovingmove+able=movable但是dye和singe加后缀ing时其末尾的e不能省略,以免与die和sing搞混:dye, dyeingsinge,singeingage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:age,ageing(英)/aging(美)likable也可写成likeable。以ce或ge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:engage,engagementfortunate,fortunatelyhope,hopefulimmediate,immediatelysincere, 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, comfortablyincredible, incredibly下列词中的末尾字母e也要去掉:argue,argumentdue, dulyjudge,judgement/judgmenttrue,trylywhole,wholly(注意这里双写字母l)C 以ee结尾的词加后缀时不省略字母e:agree,agreed, agreeing, agreementforesee, foreseeing, foreseeable |