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Maria D Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

developed / developped

Hello! Could you help me, please, with a spelling question?

Which spelling is right:

developed
developped
developing
developping

I see mostly one P at the end. Why then? Isn't it the same as "stopped"?

Thank you!
  

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Hi, developed developing What does developed have to do with stopped?

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Hi,

developed
developing

What does developed have to do with stopped?
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Well, I read if a word ends with the cluster "consonant - vowel - consonant", then the last consonant doubles.

STOP = ...T + O + P
DEVELOP = ...L + O + P

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The stress in develop is on the first (some stress the second) syllable, not the last. Perhaps that's why p is not doubled here.
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Exactly! Thank you very much! Yes, of course, like in the word "prefer", the stress falls on the last syllable and it doubles in the past: prefer - preferred.

Thank you!
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Haha okay, so I realize I'm commenting on a thread from 2013. But I was searching for the same thing as OP and came across this. The explanation seems logical.

However, I am confused as to why you see a AE/BE difference in traveling-travelling and don't see it in developing. Pronouncation-wise, I'm thinking 'developping' makes a lot of sense (to prevent it from being pronounced as 'deve-

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