With words that end in an 'e' when adding an 'able' on the end, when do you drop it the 'e'?
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When a word ends in a silent e, like love, e is usually dropped when adding a suffix that begins with a vowel. Result - Lovable The exceptions are words that end in ge or ce. Examples: serviceable, knowledgeable, manageable http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/AS/803.htm The reason for leaving the e in the ge and ce words is to preserve the s and j soft pronunciations of c and g in words like traceable or manageable. Take out the e's, and look what's left - tracable and managable, which would be pronounced as "trak able" and "ma NAG able" or "MAN ag able". Good question. Hope this is helpful.
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