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Take a verb that ends in -ce, such as "service" or "replace".  When you add the -able suffix to adjectivize that word, the result should keep the e.  Do not elide it, or the c will become hard.  "serviceable", "replaceable": good.  "servicable", "replacable": bad.

Date: 2006-02-20 09:59 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] vatine
Surely teeth are "replacable", if one is lax in using plaque-remover?

Date: 2006-02-20 10:06 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] benchilada.livejournal.com
Beat me to it, you bastard.

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