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Magdalena k Posted 6 years ago
Grammar
-ing form
What is the rule with the -ing form? Draw +ing=drawing swim+ing=swimming? When do we double the consonants?
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Two requirements must be met for the doubling to occur: 1. The stress is on the last syllable. 2.
- Two requirements must be met for the doubling to occur: 1.
- The stress is on the last syllable.
- 2.
- There is a short vowel sound between two consonants .
- ) for g e t > forgetting, com p e l > compelling/compelled In British English the letter l is doubled even if the stress is on the first syllable: tra vel > travelling/travelled.
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Two requirements must be met for the doubling to occur:
1. The stress is on the last syllable.
2. There is a short vowel sound between two consonants. (In draw the vowel is pronounced long.)
forget> forgetting, com
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