Put a comma after friend and after Gideon.
Answer:
Condolence is the word that satisfies the given rule.
Explanation:
The given rule says that identify a word which ends with '-e', then remove 'e' and add the suffix 'ence' to the word, unless final 'e' is needed so that preceding consonant's sound is preserved.
'Condole' is the word that ends with 'e' and 'e' is silent here. If we drop 'e' and add suffix 'ence', it becomes condolence. Thus, this word satisfies the given rule.
There are other words also like vengeance, occurrence that end with '-ence' but they do not satisfy the given spelling rule.
Answer:
The answer is A) The base of a word
The resolution is all his plans fall apart, since that is the part that resolves the book.
