drive-by grammar nazi!

[rone]

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.

Comments

[pentomino.livejournal.com]

Maybe I'll start using a C with a cedilla, since a silent E just doesn't look right in the middle of a word.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I agree that it looks funny and can lead to pronouncing the 'ea' as 'ee' or 'ay'. But that's English for ya.

Also, i salute your enterprise in considering the cedilla.