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Zlatko Duric Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Past simple of discover

Hello,

I have a question regarding past simple form of the verb discover - discovered.

Why isn't it spelled with two r's? Discoverred?

I can't find information anywhere on the Internet, I hope you can help me.
  

Top answer

The final r would become rr if it oc c u r r ed in a word where the stress falls on the last syllable and the last syllable has one vowel between two consonants . Discover has three syllables and the stress isn't on the last one. CB

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  • The final r would become rr if it oc c u r r ed in a word where the stress falls on the last syllable and the last syllable has one vowel between two consonants .
  • Discover has three syllables and the stress isn't on the last one.
  • CB
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The final r would become rr if it occurred in a word where the stress falls on the last syllable and the last syllable has one vowel between two consonants. Discover has thr
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Zlatko DuricHello, I have a question regarding past simple form of the verb discover - discovered.Why isn't it spelled with two r's? Discoverred?I can't find information anywhere on the Internet, I hope you can help me.

Welcome!

Let me ask you why you think it should be 'discoverred'?
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Actually, the single "r" is the predominant form.

I find only 22 words with "erred," while there are 634 ending in "ered."

What is the rule that makes you feel we should use the double - "r"?

Best wishes, - A.

By the way, welcome to English Forums, Zlatko! Thanks for joining us!
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Hi, CB. I didn't see your post. I looked at the OP and then got interrupted big time.

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No proble
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Hello,

Thanks a lot! I didn't think I should use two r's. I just thought that this might be an exception to the rr rule but I wasn't sure.
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