A Complete Etymology of the English Languages: Containing the Anglo-Saxon, French, Dutch ... Roots and the English Words Derived Therefrom ...

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A.S.Barnes and Company, 1873
 

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Page 37 - Monosyllables, and words accented on the last syllable, when they end with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel, double their final consonant before an additional syllable that begins with a vowel : as, rob, robber ; permit, permitt,ng.
Page 37 - DOUBLING. A final consonant, when it is not preceded by a single vowel, or when the accent is not on the last syllable, should remain single before an additional syllable : as, toil, toiling ; visit, visited ; general, generalize.

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