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When A Final Consonant Is Doubled  
When a word of one syllabus ends in a single consonant (bag) preceded by a single vowel (bug) Double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel (baggage) or before the suffix y (baggy). 
 
Drop-dropped
Swim-swimming
Ship-shipper
Slip-slippage
Glad-gladden 
Bet-better
Clan-clannish  
Skin-skinny    
Chum-chummy  
 
                Exceptions:
                Gas-gaseous
                Saw-sawing
                Fix-fixed
                Bus-buses
                tow-towed
                tax-taxing 
 
When a word of more than one syllabus ends in a single consonant (refer) preceded by a single vowel (refer) and the accent falls on the last syllable of the root word (refer). Double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel (referred).
 
Regret-regrettable
Concur-concurrent
Begin-beginning             
Occur-occurring
Control-controller
Transfer-transferred (but : transferable)
Note: If the accent shifts to the first syllable of the word when a suffix beginning with a vowel is added, the final consonant is not doubled.
Refer-referred but: reference
 
When a Final Consonant Is Not Doubled
 
When a word of one syllabus ends in a single consonant (bad) preceded by a single vowel (bad) Do not double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a consonant (badly)
 
Ship-shipment
Glad-gladness
Drop-droplet
  
When a word of more then one syllable ends in a single consonant (benefit) preceded by a single vowel (benefit) and the accent does not fall on the last syllable of the root word (benefit). do not double the final consonant before a suffix with a vowel (benefited)
 
differ-differed-differing
credit-credited-creditor
travel-traveled-traveler
cancel-canceled-canceling but: cancellation
 
                        Exceptions:
Program-programmed-programming
kidnap-kidnapped-kidnapping
 
agree-agreeing
mile-mileage
dye-dyeing
hoe-hoeing
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
When a word of one or more syllables ends in a single consonant (cloud, repeat) preceded by more than one vowel  (cloud, repeat). Do not double the final consonant before any suffix, whether it begins with a consonant (cloudless) or a vowel (repeating)
 
eat-eaten
chief-chiefly
bias-biased
wool-woolen but: woolly
 
 
When a word of one or more syllables ends with more than one consonant (work, detach). do not double the final consonant before any suffix  (workday, detached)  
confirm-confirming
hand-handful
return-returned  
Note: Words ending with ll usually retain both consonants before a suffix. However, when adding the suffix  ly, drop one l from the root word. when adding the suffixes less or like, insert a hyphen between the root and the suffix to avoid three l's in a row.  
skill-skillful
full-fully
hull-  hull-less
install-installment
shell- shell-like    
Final Silent E  
Words ending in silent e usually drop the e before a suffix beginning with a vowel.  
use-usage
true-truism
sale-salable
argue-arguing
                         
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