'i' before 'e' except after:

'c' with the sound of 'eeeee' eg. belief, recive

When adding 'y' to a word ending in 'e' you:

Drop the 'e' before adding the 'y' eg. noise + y =noisy

When a word ends in an 'e' , the 'e' is usually kept when:

A suffix beginning with a vowel is added eg. love + able + loveable

When a words end in an 'e' the 'e' is usually dropped when:

Drop their 's' even when added to a word beginning with 's' eg. 'dis' + 'ability =

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'i' before 'e' except after:	'c' with the sound of 'eeeee' eg. belief, recive
When adding 'y' to a word ending in 'e' you:	Drop the 'e' before adding the 'y' eg. noise + y =noisy
When a word ends in an 'e' , the 'e' is usually kept when:	A suffix beginning with a vowel is added eg. love + able + loveable
When a words end in an 'e' the 'e' is usually dropped when:	Drop their 's' even when added to a word beginning with 's' eg. 'dis' + 'ability =
The prefixes 'dis-' and 'mis-' never