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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 06:40 pm (UTC)
ext_8707: Taken in front of Carnegie Hall (cornholio)
From: [identity profile] ronebofh.livejournal.com
"I cannot cancel my face," said IBM researcher Nalini Ratha.

I cannot cancel my face.
I CANNOT CANCEL MY FACE.

Date: 2006-02-20 07:59 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] littleamerica.livejournal.com
Faces have to be revoked; you wouldn't believe the paperwork.

Date: 2006-02-21 09:42 pm (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] waider.livejournal.com
Ow, I hurt from laughing. I don't even want to read for context, it'd spoil the fun.

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