What rule applies most closely to this word? exhaust- group i. 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 c or 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 c or g, ible is used.

Excerpt from the rainbow, chapter x (excerpt) d. h. lawrence then there was an outcry. mrs. brangwen would not have it; no, she would not. all her innate dignity and standoffishness rose up. then there was the vicar lecturing the school. "it was a sad thing that the boys of cossethay could not behave more like gentlemen to the girls of cossethay. indeed, what kind of boy was it that should set upon a girl, and kick her, and beat her, and tear her pinafore? that boy deserved severe castigation, and the name of coward, for no boy who was not a coward—etc., etc." from the textual evidence provided in this paragraph, what conclusions can the reader draw regarding the vicar? a) he favors boys over girls. b) he has no strong feelings. c) he supports mrs. brangwen's perspective entirely. d) he tends to be indulgent towards children's misbehavior.