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Originally Posted by joseph boulos  Hi,
In the present continuous tense, with two- syllable verbs ending in a vowel and a constant and with stress on the second syllable, we double the constant and add ing
Please give me examples for two- syllable verbs ending in a vowel and a constant and with stress on the second syllable, also for those two- syllable verbs ending in a vowel and a constant and with stress on the first syllable.
Many thanks,
Joe |
In AmE, we have some rules for doubling terminal consonants before adding a suffix. There are, however, many exceptions. There are also consonants that are never doubled: c, h, j, q, w, x. When a word ending in c calls for a doubling, we add k. I believe that the BrE rules are different.
With consonants that can be doubled, we usually double the terminal consonant
only when the the stress is on the last or only syllable
and the vowel in that syllable is short.