http://www.englishforums.com/English/FrequentlyAskedEnglishQuestions-AnswersArchivedPosts/Forum31.htmArea designed to store the most commonly asked questions and their accepted answers.enXMOD (Build: 3614.32638)http://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesDoublingConsonantsInflected-Forms/bvzkh/post.htm#104845Sat, 24 Jan 2009 01:26:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:104845CalifJim0http://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesDoublingConsonantsInflected-Forms/bvzkh/post.htm#104845http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments31-104845.xml1. Verbs which end in a single consonant preceded by a single vowel in a stressed syllable double the final consonant. wed - wedding - wedded hop - hopping - hopped occur - occurring - occurred Note: The 'c' is not doubled. Double 'c' is written as 'ck' instead, regardless of the stress pattern of the syllables. picnic - picnicking - picnicked frolic - frolicking - frolicked 2. No doubling in the others. More than one consonant at the end: want - wanting - wanted thirst - thirsting - thirsted Final single consonant not preceded by a single vowel letter: cook - cooking - cooked fear - fearing - feared Final syllable not stressed: (British English doubles in this case.) travel - traveling - traveled worship -...http://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesDoublingConsonantsInflected-Forms/bvzkh/post.htm#104830Sun, 24 May 2009 00:26:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:104830Mister Micawber1http://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesDoublingConsonantsInflected-Forms/bvzkh/post.htm#104830http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments31-104830.xmlOne rule is to double the consonant to preserve the short vowel sound: cite - citing - cited -- the long vowel sound is preserved. fit - fitting - fitted -- the short vowel sound is preserved.http://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesDoublingConsonantsInflected-Forms/bvzkh/post.htmSat, 24 Jan 2009 01:26:13 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:104795EyeSeeYou2http://www.englishforums.com/English/RulesDoublingConsonantsInflected-Forms/bvzkh/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments31-104795.xml... consonants on gerund and past simple of regular verbs. Can anybody refresh me those? Or maybe there's already a thread about it which I cannot seem to find... Thank you.