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    This document discusses rules for doubling final consonants in English words when adding suffixes like -ing, -ed, -er, or -est. For single-syllable words ending in a vowel-consonant combination, the final consonant is doubled. For multisyllabic words, doubling occurs if the stress is on the final syllable but not if the stress is elsewhere. An exception is given for words ending in -l in British English, which are doubled regardless of stress.

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    This document discusses rules for doubling final consonants in English words when adding suffixes like -ing, -ed, -er, or -est. For single-syllable words ending in a vowel-consonant combination, the final consonant is doubled. For multisyllabic words, doubling occurs if the stress is on the final syllable but not if the stress is elsewhere. An exception is given for words ending in -l in British English, which are doubled regardless of stress.

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    Spelling - Doubling Final Consonants

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    This document discusses rules for doubling final consonants in English words when adding suffixes like -ing, -ed, -er, or -est. For single-syllable words ending in a vowel-consonant combination, the final consonant is doubled. For multisyllabic words, doubling occurs if the stress is on the final syllable but not if the stress is elsewhere. An exception is given for words ending in -l in British English, which are doubled regardless of stress.

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    ENGLISH

    G R A M M A R

    N O T E S

    w w w . a l f o n s o l o p e z . e s

    DOUBLING FINAL CONSONANTS

    DOUBLING FINAL CONSONANTS


    Words of one syllable ending in one vowel + one consonant, double the nal consonant before -ing, -ed, -er and -est. Put > putting Fat > fatter Sit > sitting Big > bigger But words ending in one vowel + -y, -w or -x, do not double the nal consonant: Play > playing Show > showing Mix > mixing Words of two or more syllables ending in one vowel + one consonant, double the nal consonant when the stress is on the last syllable: Begin > beginning Forget > forgetting Prefer > preferred /be - gn/ /for - gt/ /pre - fr/

    If the nal syllable is not stressed, the nal consonant is not doubled: Listen > listening Open > opening Visit > visited /ls - ten/ / - pen/ /v - sit/

    EXCEPTION: In British English, we double the nal -l at the end of a word even if the nal syllable is not stressed: Travel > travelled Cancel > cancelled /tr - vel/ /cn - cel/

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