What is the prefix and suffix of able?

What is the prefix and suffix of able?

The suffixes “-able” and “-ible” are both used to form adjectives meaning “possible, capable of, suitable for, or causing.” Of the two, “-able” is much more common: it is what’s known as a “living” or “productive” suffix, meaning that it is still being used to create new words.

What is the difference between the suffixes Able and ible?

The suffixes -able and -ible both mean capable of or suitable for, but we treat them differently. The most important difference is that -able is a living suffix, meaning we can affix it to virtually any verb without using a hyphen, while -ible is not used to make new words.

What does suffix ible mean?

able to be
(also -able) used to form adjectives meaning “able to be”: convertible. accessible. permissible.

Why do some words end in able or ible?

-able and -ible are both suffixes, groups of letters that are added to a word to change its meaning or use. When -able and -ible are added to words it generally means ‘capable of being’ e.g. Enjoyable: can enjoy.

What is the ible able rule?

Here is the rule: If you remove -able from a word, you are left with a complete word (renewable, renew). If you remove -ible from a word, you are not left with a complete word (sensible, sens). But note that accessible, contemptible, digestible, flexible and suggestible are among the exceptions to this rule.

What is the rule for Able and ible?

What words have the suffix ible?

Here are some common words ending in -ible: illegible; responsible; eligible; incredible; reversible; invincible; suggestible; contemptible; feasible; negligible; susceptible; convertible; flexible; ostensible; tangible; gullible; terrible; horrible; plausible.

What words ends with ible?

Is there a rule for ible and able?

What is the rule of ible and able?

When to use the “-able” suffix?

When a suffix beginning with a vowel is attached to a word ending in a consonant + Y, we almost always change Y to the letter I. Because of this, verbs that end in “-y” always take the “-able” suffix, since we never have a word spelled “-iible.” Let’s look at some of the most common examples:

Is the suffix-able still used in English?

(Because “-able” is a productive suffix, meaning it is still being used to create new words, there may be instances in the future in which this rule is no longer true.

When do you omit the E when adding the suffix-able?

Note that there are many instances in which we do not omit a silent E when adding the vowel suffix “-able.” This is especially true when it comes after C or G to make it clear that the consonants retain their “soft” pronunciations (/s/ and /ʒ/, respectively). For example:

Why is it so hard to remember which suffixes to use?

Because they are spelled so similarly and have the same pronunciation (/əbəl/), it can sometimes be hard to remember which is the correct one to use. Unfortunately, there are not very many conventions we can follow to know which suffix to use (and those that do exist are not always reliable).