Timeline for L versus LL in British versus US English
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| Aug 16, 2017 at 0:49 | comment | added | herisson | Except, "l" is not doubled in British English after a digraph representing a single vowel sound, like "failed" or "sealed". (But it can be doubled after a digraph representing two vowels in hiatus, as with "fuelled".) | |
| Nov 15, 2011 at 21:50 | comment | added | Peter Shor | @Jay: this is definitely the American rule, and I think it holds for all consonants except 'c'. Of course, there are exceptions (e.g. programmed). | |
| Nov 15, 2011 at 20:07 | comment | added | Jay | Hmm, that's at least coherent. When I was in school -- in the US -- I was taught that you always doubled the final consonant when adding "-ing" or "-ed". But this is apparently not the correct rule. I've struggled with this for decades. | |
| Nov 15, 2011 at 14:42 | comment | added | T.E.D. | @Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 - Actually, I don't think I do. However, I personally don't believe in English spelling "rules", much like I don't believe in the Tooth Fairy. | |
| Nov 15, 2011 at 14:18 | comment | added | Joe Fawcett | Thanks for that explanation. Is L the only consonant this rule applies to? I'm thinking of verbs ending in 'er' for example (although ones I can think of at the moment are stressed on the 'er', such as prefer). | |
| Nov 15, 2011 at 13:47 | history | edited | Peter Shor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Nov 15, 2011 at 13:45 | comment | added | Mr. Shiny and New 安宇 | You don't accent the 2nd syllable in enroll? | |
| Nov 15, 2011 at 13:42 | history | answered | Peter Shor | CC BY-SA 3.0 |