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25 questions linked to/from "Focussed" or "focused"? Rules for doubling the last consonant when adding -ed
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Using “rivetted” (double t) is correct? [duplicate]
I am going through the following sentence.
I looked up at my boss and his eyes were rivetted on me
google search auto corrects it to riveted. One of the meaning to rivet from Oxford is
direct (one’...
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Is there any rhyme or reason to when one should double the last consonant when adding -ed or -ing? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
focussed or focused? The double consonant
Sometimes, final consonants are doubled when adding -ed or -ing to the end of a verb whose penultimate letter is a vowel.
stop → ...
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Edited vs emitted - why one t vs two t's [duplicate]
Why does "edited" have one "t" and and "emitted" has two? "Edit" and "emit" are so similar in spelling and pronunciation. I keep wanting to type "editted" for some reason.
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What are the rules when to use double letters for words that end with a consonant when modified both in British English and in American English? [duplicate]
Example of such words are:
http://grammarist.com/spelling/cancel/
http://grammarist.com/spelling/travel/
As far as I know, at least in American English, words that have single syllable double their ...
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For the verb 'focus' why is the gerund form 'focusing' with a single S, instead of 'focussing' with a double S? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
“Focussed” or “focused”? The double consonant
The rule that I learned was that when you have a short vowel in the last syllable, you double the last consonant before adding ...
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What is the rule for duplicating the last letter when adding "-ed"? [duplicate]
I wonder if there is any rule for doubling the p at the end of a stem. For example:
stop — stopped
but
help — helped
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Is there a rule why the correct spelling for "Marketing" is not " Marketting"? [duplicate]
I have always assumed that you doubled the consonant when the vowel preceding it is short.
bet and betting for example; Why is this different for market and marketing?
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Is there a grammar rule for nouns coming from verbs? [duplicate]
I'd like to know if there is a grammar rule stating when the last consonant of the verb has to be doubled.
E.g. why: "to cut" -> cutter, "to program" -> programmer, but "to read" -> reader?
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Syllables and degrees of comparision [duplicate]
Rule says:
In a positive degree if a word ends in a consonant and there's a short vowel before the consonant, then we double the last consonant and add -er or -est.
Example: big -> bigger -> biggest
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Is "targetted" a standard British English spelling?
Wiktionary says that the difference between "targetting" and "targeting" is that the first one is a British spelling and the second one is American. Meanwhile, Oxford Dictionaries says that "...
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Why is "k" added to "panic" when suffixes added (as in "panicky")?
When adding any suffix to the word "panic," a "k" is added after the "c". Examples: panicked, panicking, panicky.
Why is this the case? Are there any other English words that do the same? I'm also ...
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Why is the plural of "quiz" spelled with double Z?
The plural of "quiz" is spelled with double "z" while the plural of "box" (and sometimes "bus") is spelled with a single last consonant. Why is it so? Is this the general rule to double the last ...
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Relic as a verb: why the spelling relicing, reliced?
I just discovered the verb relic, meaning “to make something look worn” and used as far as I can tell only about guitars. (Examples: 1 2 3 …) I was surprised to see that its participles are pretty ...
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Why do we write "fixing" instead of "fixxing"?
When we have one vowel and one consonant and we want to add 'ing', we usually double the last consonant.
Why don't we add an extra 'x' to the word 'fix'?
We don't double 'w' and 'y' maybe because they ...
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Are "worshiping" and "worshipping" interchangeable? [closed]
Every online source seems to agree with the preconceived notion I had that the correct usage is "worshipping" with two p's, saying that "worshipping" is an exception to a rule about doubling the ...
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