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Ganesh77 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Slower or slowwer
Does anyone know of a website that explains when we don't double the consonant even though the second last letter is a vowel? I would like to know which letters do and don't get doubled. Thanks.
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Here is a site that gives the simple rules. However, there are exceptions! Slow does not follow the C-V-C pattern, because the "ow" is considered a vowel.
- Here is a site that gives the simple rules.
- However, there are exceptions!
- Slow does not follow the C-V-C pattern, because the "ow" is considered a vowel.
- The "w" does not make a consonant sound in this word, so it is not considered to be a consonant.
- It is not doubled.
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Here is a site that gives the simple rules. However, there are exceptions!
Slow does not follow the C-V-C pattern, because the "ow" is considered a vowel. The "w" does not make a consonant sound in this word, so it is not considered to be a consonant. It is not doubled. The same is true for
Slow does not follow the C-V-C pattern, because the "ow" is considered a vowel. The "w" does not make a consonant sound in this word, so it is not considered to be a consonant. It is not doubled. The same is true for
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ganesh77I would like to know which letters do and don't get doubled.a, e, i, o, u, w, and y at the end of words are not doubled when adding endings.
Note also
x is not doubled.
v is not doubled.
h is not doubled.
j is not doubled.
q is not doubled.
c is not doubled. It becomes ck instead. (picnic - picnicked
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