No, a combining vowel is used when the suffix begins with a vowel.
Yes, a combining vowel is used between a word root and a suffix that begins with a consonant to facilitate pronunciation and maintain word structure.
Suffix
Suffix
When a suffix that begins with a vowel is added, the combining form usually precedes the suffix in order to maintain pronunciation ease. This helps to avoid the awkwardness that may arise when two vowels are adjacent to each other.
There are four set of criteria for doubling the final consonant of a word when adding a suffix. If said word ends in a single consonant, has a single preceding that vowel, has an accent on the last syllable, and the suffix being added begins with a vowel, the final consonant in the word is doubled.
The name James is a vowel consonant e word but s is not a suffix.
An evergreen tree. If the word begins in a vowel or consonant with a vowel sound, it is preceded by "an". If the word begins with a regular consonant, it begins with "a".
Itis
The article "an" is used before a word when the word begins with a vowel. "A" is used when the word begins with a consonant. The exceptions are when the word begins with a consonant but it sounds like a vowel, or when it begins with a vowel but it sounds like a consonant. There are very few exceptions. And I cannot think of one at the moment.
If the word ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern it gets a double consonant +EDe.g. RUB > RUBBED HOP > HOPPEDIf the word ends in a consonant-vowel-consonant pattern it gets a double consonant +INGe.g. RUB > RUBBING HOP > HOPPINGWords ending in w,x,y,z don't follow this rule, just add ED or ING e.g. snowed, snowing, boxed, boxing
no. "s" is a consonant so "clothes" starts with a consonant and ends with a consonant
prefix aden combining vowel o and suffix pathy
z is not a vowel