Recently in working with my student we came across the word <valuable>, I am finding myself questioning that we replace the final <e> and replace it with the vowel suffix <-able>.
I write the word sum:
<valu/e> + <-able> --> valuable
I am questioning replacing the <e> because I am seeing it as part of a vowel digraph and I would not think it possible to remove part of it.
I have asked the following questions:
is the <e> a single non syllabic <e> ? Possibly because I believe English words do not end in <u> therefore <e> is there to prevent that final <u>
In that case, are we able to take the letter <e> away?
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