Stress verbs

And some on the third syllable!

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And why are some dogs large and others small?

I think these matters are best classified as "mysteries of the universe".

Well, indeed...

...in fact, i call them "Grammar accidents", so far.

I appreciate your answer, thank you.

student charly"Grammar accidents"

Good idea! [Y]

CJ

student charlywhy are some verbs stressed on the first syllable and some others on the second syllable?

That's a very surprising question. To me, it's like asking "why are some flowers yellow and others are red?" It never occurred to me that anyone would expect them to all be the same. Do verbs in your native language all have the same stress pattern?

Hi, i ask that because of the rules of doubling the last letter of the verbs that are stressed in the last syllable for the part participle mode, for example:

begin > beginning --- it's correct because the verb is stressed on the last syllable

open > openning --- it's incorrect because the verb isn't stressed on the last syllable

so, how do i know what verbs are s

student charly
fastenning?
coverring?
happenning?
listenning?

No, actually all of these should have not have the final consonant doubled. I don't know any way that you can tell which syllable is stressed, unless you hear the verb spoken or look it up in a dictionary.

This is a great example of English learners mentioning

It's all in the stress.

Indeed, now i can see there's no rule for that issue, and all that is left for me (and for the rest of the world) to do, is to make a list of those verbs that "sound stressed" on the first syllable, so i won't double their last letters; in fact, i already made it (with the most common verbs, of course).

Nevertheless, you've been such a great help, by clar

I'm not saying there's no such rule -- just that I never learned it. Here is a previous thread on this subject, if I can figure out how to link:

"Rules for doubling the ..."

You beat me to it! (Your link works just fine, by the way, so I guess you figured out how to do it!)

CJ

student charly how do i I know what verbs are stressed in the first or last syllable so i I can double or not the last letter correctly?

Until you are better at speaking English, at which point you'll be able to hear the stress p