What rule applies most closely to this word?
predict-
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 hard 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.

Read the excerpt from "politics and the english language" by george orwell. by this morning’s post i have received a pamphlet dealing with conditions in germany. the author tells me that he "felt impelled” to write it. i open it at random, and here is almost the first sentence that i see: "[the allies] have an opportunity not only of achieving a radical transformation of germany’s social and political structure in such a way as to avoid a nationalistic reaction in germany itself, but at the same time of laying the foundations of a cooperative and unified europe.” which statement is correct? orwell uses an example and statistical evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses an example and a quotation for evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and factual evidence in this excerpt. orwell uses hypothetical and statistical evidence in this excerpt.