English ing form full analysis Why open does not add double n?
Hello everyone, I'm xxx, a Baijia author who loves to explore the mysteries of English. Today, we're going to take a common question in English: why do some verbs not need to double write the last letter n at the end of the word when forming the present participle (i.e., the ing form), such as "open" becomes "opening" instead of "openning"?
First of all, we need to understand the basic rules of the English verb forming form. Generally speaking, for a verb to form the ing form, it needs to add "-ing" to the end of the word. However, when a verb ends with a vowel letter followed by a consonant letter, and the consonant letter is the last letter of the stressed syllable, we need to double-write the consonant letter and then add "-ing". The purpose of this is to keep the pronunciation of the verb unchanged so that the ing form still sounds like a whole.
However, this rule does not apply to all verbs. Some verbs, despite meeting the above criteria, do not need to double write the last consonant letter to form the ing form. This includes "open".
So why doesn't "open" need to double-write n? This is actually because the pronunciation of the word "open" does not conform to the rule of double writing consonants. Although "open" ends with the consonant letter n, this n is not the last letter of the stressed syllable. In the pronunciation of "open", the stress is on the first syllable "o", while the n is just a tail sound and does not participate in the stress pronunciation. Therefore, we don't need to double-write n when forming the ing form.
In addition to "open", there are some other verbs that also do not need to double write the last consonant letter when forming the ing form. For example, "cut" becomes "cutting", "put" becomes "putting", etc. This is because the pronunciation of these verbs does not conform to the rules of writing double consonant letters.
To sum up, whether a verb needs to double write the last consonant letter when forming the ing form depends on the pronunciation of the verb. If the last consonant letter is pronounced in stress, then double writing is required; If you don't participate in accent pronunciation, then you don't need to write double. That's why "open" doesn't need to add double n to become "openning".
Hopefully, this analysis will help you better understand the rules of the English verb ing form. If you find it useful, don't forget to like, share, and follow! See you next time!
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