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Grammar and Linguistics > stop-stopping, run-running, but fix-fixing
stop-stopping, run-running, but fix-fixing
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MarionG
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stop-stopping, run-running, but fix-fixing
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One of my students asked me today why we don �t write fixxing....She obviously was listening when I explained we double the consonant in verbs ending with cvc (when emphasized).
I told her that I �m not sure but I think it is because the letter X, even though it is a consonant, sounds like two consonants, making the end sound like cvcc....and doubling it would make it sound like cvcccc - aaaargh
But -as I also told her- I don �t really know the rule...Can anyone help me out here?
edit: If I�m already asking...what�s the rule about verbs ending in W (sewing, rowing, throwing...) |
17 Jan 2011
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franknbea
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Hi Marion,
you might want to check these out;
I hope these help. |
17 Jan 2011
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lynn_28
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Words ending with a Consonant-Vowel-Consonant Pattern (Review Consonants and Vowels) One-syllable words:
ED = If the word ends in a CVC pattern, it gets a double consonant + ED. * note I NG = If the word ends in a CVC pattern, it gets a double consonant + ING. * note
Examples: ED = RUB > rubbed, STOP > stopped ING = HOP > hopping, SIT > sitting
*note: Words ending in w,x,y,z do not follow this rule, simply add ED, or ING Examples: snow > snowed, box > boxing, play > playing
source : http://a4esl.org/q/h/9807/km-doubles.html |
17 Jan 2011
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MarionG
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Thanks Frank and Lynn...
This is the kind of things I get stuck on. I studied Law, not English....
I �just know � how to spell them but I can �t always explain why.... |
17 Jan 2011
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sharon f
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I simply add that we don �t double letters of verbs ending in one of the last 5 letters of the ABC (V,W,X,Y,Z) |
17 Jan 2011
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yanogator
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Actually, Sharon f, that would be the last 4 letters. I can think of only one verb that ends in "v", and that �s "rev" (to accelerate sharply the speed of an engine), and the "v" is doubled.
revved, revving
Bruce |
17 Jan 2011
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denuso
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According to the grammar the verb Fix is an unstressed monosyllable.
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17 Jan 2011
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David Lisgo
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The /x/ sound is a double consonant (/k/ + /s/) so it shouldn �t be doubled.
As to "rowing", the ow makes a vowel sound (/oa/) so there is no consonant to double. |
18 Jan 2011
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MarionG
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and that, David, brings me back to my logic... I like it when there is logic to a rule....
BTW I can �t think of a cvc verb which ends in a single Z, anyone?
Nice call Bruce, with the �Rev �......... |
18 Jan 2011
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David Lisgo
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Words ending in a single "Z": adz, biz, coz, fez, fiz, lez, wiz, zuz and zzz (that was me; I fell asleep.). |
18 Jan 2011
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