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Cup cake Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Comparative exception.
I had an interesting question arise tonight during class about one exception using comparatives.
There is a standard rule that if you have one syllable words with the pattern - consonant, vowel, consonant, then we double the last consonant to make a comparative (or superlative too).
For example, sad - sadder; wet - wetter, etc.
There is an exception to this rule: few and low. We don't double the 'w' in either of these examples. They simply go from few to fewer and low to lower. Why?
Is it because both words end with a 'w'?
Thanks
Cup Cake.
There is a standard rule that if you have one syllable words with the pattern - consonant, vowel, consonant, then we double the last consonant to make a comparative (or superlative too).
For example, sad - sadder; wet - wetter, etc.
There is an exception to this rule: few and low. We don't double the 'w' in either of these examples. They simply go from few to fewer and low to lower. Why?
Is it because both words end with a 'w'?
Thanks
Cup Cake.
Top answer
g. "glowworm").
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- "glowworm").
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"ww" does not exist in English (except very occasionally in compounds where a word ending in "w" is joined to a word beginning with "w", e.g. "glowworm").
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The endings "ow" and "ew" are diphthongs and considered a vowel sound.
So it does not conform to the CVC rule.
So it does not conform to the CVC rule.
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