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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
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What does double consonant mean and what are some examples of double consonant words?
  

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Anonymous What does double consonant mean ...? It's a case of the same consonant twice in a row. bookkeeper has three doubled consonants: oo , kk , and ee .

  • Anonymous What does double consonant mean ...?
  • It's a case of the same consonant twice in a row.
  • bookkeeper has three doubled consonants: oo , kk , and ee .
  • CJ
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AnonymousWhat does double consonant mean ...?
It's a case of the same consonant twice in a row.

bookkeeper has three doubled consonants: oo, kk, and ee.

CJ
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CalifJimbookkeeper has three doubled consonants: oo, kk, and ee.
Jim? Aren't oo and eedoubled vowels?
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Yikes! Where did my brain go on that one? Emotion: big smile

Doubled consonants in bold:

better
happy
a

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