Group 1. If the root is a full word, the ending is usually -able. Group II. When the root is a

Group 1. If the root is a full word, the ending is usually -able.

Group II. When the root is a full word except for a final e, the forms usually are spelled with -able.
Group III. The suffix -able always follows i.
Group IV. When the root has other forms built on the letter a, the -able form is used.
Group V. When the root ends in hard cor g, -able is used.
Group VI.
When the root is not a full word, -ible is used.
Group VII. When the word has an immediate -tion form, -ible is used
Group VIII. When the root ends in ns, miss, or soft cor g, -ible is used.
Which suffix, -able or -ible, should this word have? Also list the mnemonic group rule number that applies.
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