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occur with its past form occurred
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Belly  #528884  Wed, 18 Jun 08 02:50 AM
We have the word occur with its past form occurred, why do we have to double the r here, any rules?
  
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CalifJim  #528893  Wed, 18 Jun 08 03:24 AM
The rules can be found at Re: Rules for doubling the....

See Rule 1 for "occurred".

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Belly  #530779  Sun, 22 Jun 08 02:59 AM
How about this rule? http://www.english-zone.com/spelling/doubles.html
  
CalifJim  #530818  Sun, 22 Jun 08 07:14 AM
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What about it?  It's the same as the other one I gave you, but possibly stated in a different order.  The rule there for occur is the same as the one for refer, which is their example.  Look under two-syllable verbs there and you'll see it.

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