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Oh! Here's a rule! Let's obey it.
No! It's an USn rule, therefore it's stupid and we shouldn't obey it.
The Reason Behind The Rule:
Normal English orthography has it that a long vowel followed by a single consonant shall have another vowel after the consonant. A short vowel shall be followed by a doubled consonant before a following vowel. Thus, when adding a suffix, a single final consonant shall be doubled to protect against lengthening (lengthenning anyone?) an otherwise short vowel, e.g., beginning. The USns have decided that there is no danger of lengthening an unaccented vowel so doubling of the consonant is not necessary if the syllable containing such a vowel is not accented, e.g., traveling.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted the plural of gas WhitmanO'Neill 05/30/03 02:10 AM Re: the plural of gas Capfka 05/30/03 08:12 AM Re: the plural of gas Faldage 05/30/03 10:01 AM Re: the plural of gas Bean 05/30/03 11:01 AM Traveling Jackie 05/30/03 12:22 PM Re: Traveling Bean 05/30/03 01:49 PM Re: Traveling JohnHawaii 06/03/03 01:45 AM Re: Traveling sjm 06/03/03 02:40 AM Re: Traveling hev 06/03/03 06:01 AM Re: Mindless rules Faldage 06/03/03 09:22 AM Re: Mindless rules belligerentyouth 06/03/03 10:27 AM Re: Mindless rules Faldage 06/03/03 11:48 AM Re: Traveling wsieber 06/04/03 05:14 AM Re: Traveling Faldage 06/04/03 05:36 AM Re: Traveling birdfeed 06/03/03 01:10 PM "With two ells, I want to say..." TEd Remington 05/30/03 03:32 PM Buses always looks funny to me TEd Remington 05/30/03 03:35 PM Re: Buses always looks funny to me wwh 05/30/03 04:30 PM Re: the plural of gas wwh 05/30/03 12:48 PM
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