Select the basic spelling rule that the given word demonstrates. Friend O Write i before e except after c or when sounded like a as in eighty and sleigh. Drop the final e before a suffix beginning with a vowel but not before a suffix beginning with a consonant. O Double the final consonant preceded by a single vowel in an accented syllable or one-syllable word before adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. Change the y to an i before adding a suffix, unless the suffix begins with i.
