Affixes – ING
August 22, 2007 by quotes
Affixes – Basic Spelling Rules
Doubling the Final Letter and Exceptions
Lesson 139.
Spelling rule for ing words.
Ing signifies continuing to; as talking, continuing to talk. The following
words, in taking their suffix, double the final letter. The last letter is
doubled when the word ends with a single consonant preceded by a single
vowel.
plan’ning win’ning stop’ping a bet’ting
fret’ting blot’ting gun’ning re bel’ling
bid’ding rob’bing shut’ting o mit’ting
Other words ending with consonants, which do not double the final letter.
act’ing fail’ing mean’ing ex pand’ing
land’ing rain’ing coax’ing con sent’ing
build’ing sail’ing suit’ing vis’it ing
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