control

[Mad-ox]

Which form is correct?


1. a) controled
b)controlled

2. a) controling
b) controlling

So, it is double or simple "l"?

Thanks beforehand!

m

[Harry Smith]

Which form is correct?


1. a) controled
b)controlled

2. a) controling
b) controlling

So, it is double or simple "l"?

Thanks beforehand!

m

It's single "L". Controled, controling.

[ana2005]

I think in British English they keep duplicating the final "l", as in "travelling", but they don't do so in American English, so they write "traveling" and "controling". That's what I have been told, but I suppose native speakers know it for sure.

[BobK]

I'm a BE speaker, but I wrote for an American company for nearly 20 years. Ana's right.

b

[MikeNewYork]

Which form is correct?


1. a) controled
b)controlled

2. a) controling
b) controlling

So, it is double or simple "l"?

Thanks beforehand!

m

Double L in both AmE and BrE.

The reason that AmE doesn't double the L in "traveling" or "traveled" is that the accent is on the first syllable.

[BobK]

Mike's the boss.

[MikeNewYork]

Mike's the boss.

But not your boss.