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Iasadih Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

regular verbs past forms when final L doubled

Are there any rules which distinguish between concealed and cancelled? Is it a consonant-vowel-L pattern plus the last syllable stressed?
  

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The last consonant is doubled before a suffix if the stress is on the last syllable and the verb ends in a consonant followed by a short vowel sound, which is followed by a consonant: forge tt ing. If the stress is not on the last syllable, you can often choose: kidnapped / kidnaped, focussed / focused. In British English, a final l is doubled even when the stress is on the first syllable: trave ll ing, cance ll ed.

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  • The last consonant is doubled before a suffix if the stress is on the last syllable and the verb ends in a consonant followed by a short vowel sound, which is followed by a consonant: forge tt ing.
  • If the stress is not on the last syllable, you can often choose: kidnapped / kidnaped, focussed / focused.
  • In British English, a final l is doubled even when the stress is on the first syllable: trave ll ing, cance ll ed.
  • In conceal , the vowel sound between the consonants is long and consequently doubling does not occur.
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The last consonant is doubled before a suffix if the stress is on the last syllable and the verb ends in a consonant followed by a short vowel sound, which is followed by a consonant: forgetting. If the stress is not on the last syllable, you can often choose: kidnapped / kidnaped, focussed / focused.


In British English, a final l is doubled even when the stress
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If I understand correctly, what you wrote means that

one can choose not to double

1. in AE
a) "l" final at all (traveling)
b) last consonant of CVC ending even if the syllable is stressed

2. in BE
a) "l" final at all (traveling)

Are there any exceptions, where you must double? What are the hallmarks?
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iasadihAre there any rules which distinguish between concealed and cancelled?
Yes. The rules are given here:

The differences between British and American English are noted there.

CJ
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