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Questions about double consonants, such as the "tt" in "sitting".

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Why is the 'L' in detailed not doubled?

The comments pointed me to an answer to my own question (ta!). Exceptions to the doubling rules are discussed in Double Consonants in Gerund . Relevant here is the rule: Two-syllable words: ED …
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Why is the 'L' in detailed not doubled?

I cannot quite understand why the 'L' is not doubled when forming 'detailed' from 'detail'. Is that an exemption to the consonant doubling, or did I simply not understand the rules? From the answers …
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