Verbs ending '-e'

If the base form ends in a silent -e, drop the -e before adding -ing and -ed inflections:

• create/creating
• type/typing
• shake/shaking

For one-syllable verbs ending in -ye, -oe, or -nge, keep the -e before -ing, but drop it before -ed

• dye -- dyeing/dyed
• hoe -- hoeing/hoed
• singe -- singeing/singed

If the base form ends in -ie or -ee, just add -d to make the past tense or past participle.

• die/died
• disagree/disagreed

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