Reasons for Replaceable <e>
Name the reason that <large> must have a replaceable <e>
To mark the pronunciation of the preceding <g> as /dʒ/.
hɪm
<him> or <hymn>
Phone
Hellenic (Greek)
Name one word in the <laugh> family
Laughter, laughing, laughs, laughingly
<shall> or <shal>
Which spelling would French Scribes have chosen?
shall
Name the reason that <love> must have a replaceable <e>
No complete, lexical English word ends with <v>
noʊm
gnome
knoll
Germanic or Old Norse
Name two words in the <rupt> family
disrupt, erupt, interrupt, eruption, rupture, disrupted, etc.
<pass> or <pas>
Which spelling would French Scribes have chosen?
<pas>
Name the reason that <rinse> must have a replaceable <e>
To distinguish a final <s> in a base from a +s. In other words, to ensure the base does not look like a plural.
foʊn
phone
Christmas
Hellenic (Greek)
Name 3 words in the <sign> family
design, signal, signing, signaling, consign, signify, assignment, assign, etc.
<fluf> or <fluff>
Which spelling would French Scribes have chosen?
fluff
Name the reason <breathe> and <soothe> have a replaceable <e>.
To mark the <th> as voiced /ð/
fʌŋʃən
function
might
Name 4 words in the <photo> family.
photograph, photosynthesis, photography, photocopy, photos, etc.
Which word did scribes change the spelling of, due to too many minions in a row:
<mall>
<love>
<film>
<love>
Name the reason <lade> (a verb meaning to load a ship with cargo) has a replaceable <e>.
To distinguish the spelling of <lad> from <lade>
kɹiːtʃɝ
creature
symposium
Hellenic (Greek)- as evidence of the medial <y>
I will also accept Latin as evidence of the -um suffix.
(It was Hellenic first, then traveled through Latin)
function(s)(ing)(ed), dysfunction(al)(ly), malfunction, functionality, functionless, functionalism, etc.
Why did French scribes change the spelling of <cyng> to <king>
In words derived from Latin, the <c> in <cy> would be pronounced /s/.