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English spelling rules help determine whether to double a final consonant or not when adding suffixes like -ed or -ing. There are four main considerations: 1) Only double final consonants after short vowels, as in "hop-hopping" but not "hope-hoping". 2) For two-syllable words, only double if the stress is on the second-last syllable, like "begin-beginning". 3) For words ending in "e", drop the "e" and just add the suffix, and for words ending in "y", change to "i" before adding a suffix, unless the "y"

Author

Adriano Bulhoes

Language

EN