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Musesun Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Doubling

hello

as I know we have to double those letters (b d g l m n p r t) if they come after "vowel" in cases of ed and ing,

but on the word "interpret" t comes after e and we don't double t on v1 or p.p . so I would like to ask you why we don't double the T ?
  

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Hi Musesun It depends on the stress. Doubling occurs if there is one vowel between two consonants and the stress is on that syllable: for g e t t ing l e t t ing oc c u r r ed In interpret the stress is on the second syllable: [in't? : prit].

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  • Hi Musesun It depends on the stress.
  • Doubling occurs if there is one vowel between two consonants and the stress is on that syllable: for g e t t ing l e t t ing oc c u r r ed In interpret the stress is on the second syllable: [in't?
  • : prit].
  • :'prit] interpretted.
  • Wrong, wrong!
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Hi Musesun

It depends on the stress. Doubling occurs if there is one vowel between two consonants and the stress is on that syllable:

forgetting
le
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Yes. The stress is the important thing here.

Others: happened, offered, considered, limited, scalloped, opened, edited, gossiped, leveled

CJ
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ok syllable this other issue anywat thx
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English wouldn't be English if there weren't exceptions. Fortunately one can't go wrong, though, as in some cases two spellings are possible:
kidnaped / kidnapped
focused / focussed (a double s is particularly common in BrE)

CB
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