To choose /able

To choose /able
Message from shakesword posted on 02-08-2013 at 13:56:39 (D | E | F)
Hello

Can you help me please?
Both -able and -ile mean “that may be” or “capable to”；so when am I supposed to use -able and when -ile？
Thank you for your answers.

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Edited by lucile83 on 02-08-2013 21:59

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Re: To choose /able from dolfine56, posted on 02-08-2013 at 15:22:03 (D | E)
Hello,

-ile mean “ may be” or “capable to”
Where did you see "ile" means able to?
Thanks to answer.

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Re: To choose /able from violet91, posted on 02-08-2013 at 18:35:26 (D | E)
Hello ,

Actually , both suffixes - ible and -able have the same meaning ( expressing possibility rather than capacity ) , but not the same origins. They turn a verb into an adjective .
- suitable / visible
It seems -able completes a verb coming from old French and - ible from Latin . And there might be more action in - able , than in -ible ( state) .
Yet , it is quite subtle and the best thing to do , I reckon, is to check that up in a dictionary or see lists of adjectives finishing with either -able or -ible .
I hope I am helping you a little, if there is a proper answer .

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Re: To choose /able from sherry48, posted on 04-08-2013 at 19:50:36 (D | E)
Hello.
Violet91 has put you on the right path. Here is a link with a rule to continue that idea. Link

Sherry

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