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CB's explanation is 100% right on. It is a linguistic question dealing with phonology. By the way, the same principle is in play with the plural noun ending 's/es': 's' after a non-voiced consonant (lamps, desks); 'z' after a voiced consonant or a vowel (dogs,...

I agree with Mandy.The distinction is between voiced consonants and vowels (b, v, m, etc.and vowles) and unvoiced consonants (p, f, k, etc.). So, kick -> kicksss, dog -> dogzzz, guy -> guyzzz. When you have a word that ends in S, the plural is formed by adding "is" at the end,...

No. It's two m's.There is no general rule.panel has one n. flannel has two n's. These rhyming words should both take the same pattern! The least often doubled are h, j, k, q, v, w, x, y. It would be a rare word that contained a doubling of one of these consonants.In the case of...

So then it's a consonant, I suppose.But then what are we to make of the people who wrote the rule on forming past tenses when they said:If a word ends in a single stressed vowel and a single final consonant (hop, sip, etc., and like bow or cow, presumably, if w is indeed a consonant), then...

Does it start with a vowel or with a consonant?Does it have only one syllable or more than one?As a verb: is it something that we (humans) can do?

Thank you very much CJ, Zerox, and Carson. You all have given me very valuable advices. After reading through all you said carefully, and then watching a couple of English TV programmes, I believe I can now tell the difference! The ending /z/ in most cases are much shorter, voiced but less...

I don't know what you guys are all on about with devoiced /z/. It's not a devoiced /z/, it's just /s/. In the example that someone above used, "vases"... I don't know about up North or across the pond (either one), but American Standard has that as /s/ in the medial and /z/ in the final. Well, if...

Anonymous wrote: Hello...can someone plse help me asap, the following are my questions.... 1. Why is the letter ' t ' not doubled in the word benefiting? 2. What rule or feature of English spelling appears in each of the following words? e.g. tape - the silent e makes the previous...

Hi Australian stranger! benefit :. ben·e·fit·ed also ben·e·fit·ted, ben·e·fit·ing also ben·e·fit·ting, ben·e·fits also ben·e·fits This is from "the free dict", so it can be doubled, I have always doubled it, actually (like the l in travelled) Anyway: verbs with the ending "fit"...

Anonymous wrote:REALLY???? SO WHAT ABOUT THE VERB TO SHOW;;;;ITS NO T RIGHT TO SAY HE´S SHOWWING SOMETHIING TO ME!!! SO WHATS THE EXPLANANTION TO THAT!!!?????? Hi AnonIt's not polite to simply shout at people, but that's what you're doing when you type in all CAPITAL letters.That said, I'd...