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| The gerund of "stop" is "stopping", the gerund of "get" is "getting" right? The rule is to double the last consonant if the three last letter are in the consonant-vowel-consonant sequence. Correct? But the gerund of "abandon" is "abandoning", same for "chatter" and "gossip". Am I still right? You do not double the last consonant despite the consonant-vowel-consonant sequence. Why? Does it have something to do with the length of the word? |
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| The rule is that the accent is on the last syllable. "Abandon" doesn't have an accent on the last syllable, so you have "abandoning". The accent is: on the first syllable. visit -> visiting limit -> limiting on the last syllable. admit -> admitting omit-> omitting I hope this will help. |
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