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Ing Rules

This document outlines spelling rules for forming verbs ending in "-ing" such as gerunds and continuous verbs. It states that "-ing" is typically added to the base verb, the "e" is dropped before adding "-ing" if the verb ends in "e", and final consonants are doubled before adding "-ing" if the verb ends in a short vowel-consonant combination or stressed final syllable. Exceptions are provided for verbs with more than one syllable.

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Ing Rules

This document outlines spelling rules for forming verbs ending in "-ing" such as gerunds and continuous verbs. It states that "-ing" is typically added to the base verb, the "e" is dropped before adding "-ing" if the verb ends in "e", and final consonants are doubled before adding "-ing" if the verb ends in a short vowel-consonant combination or stressed final syllable. Exceptions are provided for verbs with more than one syllable.

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Continuous verbs and gerunds end in "-ing" and have special spelling rules.

The -ing rules are:

add "-ing" to the verb.


when a verb ends in "e", drop the "e" and add "-ing". For example: "take + ing
= taking".
when a one-syllable verb ends in vowel + consonant, double the final consonant
and add "-ing". For example: "hit + ing = hitting".
When a verb ends in vowel + consonant with stress on the final syllable, double
the consonant and add "-ing". For example: "begin + ing = beginning".
Do not double the consonant of words with more than one syllable if the stress
is not on the final syllable. For example: "remember" has three syllables --
re:mém:ber -- and the stress is on the second syllable. Therefore do not add
another consonant -- "remembering".

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