Anduy  +  469618 Mon, 28 Jan 08 06:26 AM Could you me if there is a rule about when we use the sufffix -able and when we use -ible? Also, when adding -able, in what case do we leave out the final letter e? Thank you very much. Anduy Joined on Tue, Nov 6 2007 Junior Member 60

	Mister Micawber  +  469624 Mon, 28 Jan 08 06:32 AM Thanks, Anduy-- I have been wondering myself.  The answer is HERE. Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,833 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Doll  +  470658 Wed, 30 Jan 08 05:03 PM Aha, I had phonology lessons but such a question didn't come to my mind to ask. Thanks, Anduy. How careful you are!   Ps: Thanks for the information MM. Doll Joined on Sat, Mar 10 2007 Senior Member 2,813

	Grammar Geek  +  470659 Wed, 30 Jan 08 05:05 PM Wow! I have struggled with those endings since I first learned to write. If it weren't for the squiggly red lines in Word, I'd probably spell most of them wrong still, but this was a simple rule that I'd never heard before and will be of great help. Thanks so much for posting that, Mr. M! Grammar Geek Joined on Tue, Jan 10 2006 Veteran Member 19,683 Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!

	Philip  +  470706 Wed, 30 Jan 08 07:04 PM  Mister Micawber wrote: Thanks, Anduy-- I have been wondering myself.  The answer is HERE. May God (or whoever) bless you, Mr. M!  I once knew a Latin teacher who claimed that the ending depended on the past participle of the Latin from which it came.  I never figured that to be plausible, because not all words come from Latin.  This makes so much sense!  Thanks. Philip Joined on Thu, Jun 23 2005 Veteran Member 8,738 At reise er at leve! - H. C. Andersen Grammar