When a suffix beginning with a consonant is added to a word ending with a silent e, the e is kept as a general rule.

(a) true
(b) false

True

Explanation:

There are especially two types of affixes the ones which are added at the beginning of a word, they are called prefixes and the other type are those that are added at the end which is called suffixes. These suffixes have also a division. Some of the suffixes are the consonant suffixes and the others are the vowel suffixes. Some examples of consonant suffixes are -s, -less, -ness, -ment, and -ly. For instance, a word that ends in e keeps the letter e with the consonant suffix, so the word "late" can be added "-ly" to form the word "lately" and the letter e of the word is kept.

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