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EyeSeeYou Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Doubling consonants in inflected forms

0... consonants on gerund and past simple of regular verbs. Can anybody refresh me those? Or maybe there's already a thread about it which I cannot seem to find... 02br
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0One rule is to double the consonant to preserve the short vowel sound: 02br 02br 00cite - citing - cited -- the long vowel sound is preserved. 02br 02br 00fit - fitting - fitted -- the short vowel sound is preserved. 0-

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  • 0One rule is to double the consonant to preserve the short vowel sound: 02br 02br 00cite - citing - cited -- the long vowel sound is preserved.
  • 02br 02br 00fit - fitting - fitted -- the short vowel sound is preserved.
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0One rule is to double the consonant to preserve the short vowel sound: 02br
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00cite - citing - cited -- the long vowel sound is preserved. 02br
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00fit - fitting - fitted -- the short vowel sound is preserved. 0-
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01. Verbs which end in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel in a stressed syllable double the final consonant. 02br
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00wed - wedding - wedded 02br
00hop - hopping - hopped 02br
00occur - occurring - occurred02br
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00Note: 'x' is not doubled.02br
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00mix - mixing - mixed02br
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