Hello everybody,
I need to know when to double the last letter in a word, and when it’s not permitted. Thanks.
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Basically, the final consonant is doubled before -ing and -ed when it is required to maintain the ‘short’ pronunciation of the preceding vowel sound.:
Forget - forgetting
bat - batted
Words with ‘silent’ final -e do not double the remaining consonant when the -e is dropped; this is to maintain the ‘long’ sound of the preceding vowel:
Bite - biting
fate - fated
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