Re: Spelling inquiry: Cacheable? Cachable?

[Beverly Parks <bparks -at- HUACHUCA-EMH1 -dot- ARMY -dot- MIL>]

Fran Freiman <ffreiman -at- IX -dot- NETCOM -dot- COM> asked about--
> I read some posts from some of you good people out there who are crack
> grammarians. Please cast you eyes on these spellings:

>     cacheable? cachable? Which is correct?
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This is from the NY Public Library Writer's Guide to Style and
Usage, page 399:

"If the root word ends with a silent -e preceded by a consonant
and if the suffix begins with a consonant, the silent -e is
usually retained.

   [your suffix doesn't begin with a consonant, so this
    doesn't apply ... it goes on ...]

"If the root word ends with a silent -e preceded by a consonant
and if the suffix begins with a vowel, the silent -e is usually
dropped.

   come, coming
   deceive, deceivable, deceived, deceiving
   ...
   love, lovable, loved, loving
   size, sizable"

Based on these rules, I'd say drop the "e" -- cachable.

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