In Vowels^x, British English^x, Verbs^x

Where V symbolizes a vowel letter and C a consonant letter, and bold letters indicate stress: ---CVC > ---CVCCing, ---CVCCed (occur, occurring, occurred; expel, expelling, expelled; ...) ---CVC > ---CVCing, ---CVCed (wither, withering, withered; cancel, canceling, cancelled;...

1. 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...

Hi Xcats, This is related to the spelling of the past tense forms of regular verbs; it also applies to the "ing" form. spelling of regular affirmative past tense forms Most regular verbs: add -ed work —worked help —helped start — started rain —rained stay —stayed show — showed wonder...

The verb "get" came from the Old North "geta" and the verb inflected like; geta - gat - getten. The past participle "getten" or "gotten" (a new variant of "getten" generated by vowel shift) had been used down to the 16th century. However, during the 17th century, the past tense form "got" (which...

In American English the endings -ing and -ed are added directly to words like 'travel' and 'worship' without doubling the final consonant. The final consonant is doubled before adding the ending in British English. American dictionaries often give both variants (undoubled first) since the user...