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Hello...can someone plse help me asap, the following are my questions....

1. Why is the letter ' t ' not doubled in the word benefiting?

2. What rule or feature of English spelling appears in each of the following words? e.g. tape - the silent e makes the previous vowel long. pledge, starve, happier, guest.

3. Mark any phonograms of two or more letters by underlining them in the following words (which I guess is a bit hard when you are on line) e.g. shed

start (ar) - the phonograms being the ones in brackets of course. whine, employer, drought, choking, floated, growth, stripes, college.

Thankyou to whomever answers me I will be very grateful. (P.S. I am in Australia)

Heidita · Accepted Answer

Hi Australian stranger!

benefit :. ben·e·fit·ed also ben·e·fit·ted, ben·e·fit·ing also ben·e·fit·ting, ben·e·fits also ben·e·fits

This is from "the free dict", so it can be doubled, I have always doubled it, actually (like the l in travelled)

Anyway: verbs with the ending "fit" normally don't take the double t: profiting,

starve: the r makes the vowel sound long

happy: y changes to i /if following a consonant

whine, (wh) drought,(ough) choking, (ch) growth, (ow)

Wait for more help.

cheers[H]

Doran · Answer

Hi  Heidita, Thanks for your reply would love to hear more as I am having to submit an assignment the answers are very important to me....Kind regards, Doran

Goodman · Answer

Anonymous
Hello...can someone plse help me asap, the following are my questions....

1. Why is the letter ' t ' not doubled in the word benefiting?

2. What rule or feature of English spelling appears in each of the following words? e.g. tape - the silent e makes the previous vowel long. pledge, starve, happier, guest.

3. Mark any phonograms of two or more letters by underlining them in the following words (which I guess is a bit hard when you are on line) e.g. shed start (ar) - the phonograms being the ones in brackets of course. whine, employer, drought, choking, floated, growth, stripes, college.

Thankyou to whomever answers me I will be very grateful. (P.S. I am in Australia)

I think this kind of questions are difficult to answer because the rules don’t’ seem to hold true all the time as there are exceptions and difference between BrE and AmE.

Rule says: One vowel + one consonant (but NOT w or y) Double the consonant, then add –ED

i.e. tap – tapped, commit – committed , However, many other verb don’t follow this rule, just like “benefited”

In the , “traveled” is spelled with one “l” and I learned recently ”traveled” is spelled with two “l’s” on the other side of the pond.

I am afraid we just have to memorize them.

Anonymous · Answer

Hi Goodman, Thanks for your reply and yes there is quite a difference between British and American Eng. especially the spellings. These questions of mine seem so basic, however I seem to have a mental block, my teacher at the Uni is very learned and has written books on the subject of English.I just dont want to call her in case I jeopardize my credibility, but as a last resort I may have no choice. Kind regards, Doran

Heidita · Answer

Hi Doran, this does not apply to a fixed rule as to the "y" changing to ie when followed by a consonant. As far as I know, this doesn't have an exception.

cheers[H]

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