The Double the Consonant Spelling Rule
The Double the Consonant Spelling Rule
Check out the song! Double the Consonant Spelling Rule
Double the consonant, when adding on an ending (permitted), if all three of these conditions are met: 1. the last syllable has the accent (per / mit) 2. the last syllable ends in a vowel, then a consonant (permit). 3. the ending you add begins with a vowel (ed).
Exceptions to the rule:
acquitted, busing, cancellation, crystallize, equipped, excellence, excellent, gases, handicapped, questionnaire, transferable, transference
Consonant Doubling Doodle
(to the tune of “Yankee Doodle”)
Double the last consonant
Yankee Doodle went to town
When adding on an ending
‘A riding on a pony
If these three do all agree
Stuck a feather in his cap
On this you’ll be depending.
And called it macaroni.
Is the accent at the end?
Yankee Doodle keep it up!
With a vowel, then consonant?
Yankee Doodle da-an-dy
Does the ending you must add
Mind the music and the step
Begin with a vowel?
And with the girls be handy.
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