| refer + ed | gallop + ed | suspend + ed | suffer + ing |
| omit + ed | abhor + ence | kidnap + ed | travel + ed |
| cheat + ed | join + ing | admit + ing | rebel + ious |
| flatter + ed | benefit + ed | differ + ence | fertil + izer |
| prefer + ing | permit + ed | enamel + ed | quarrel + ing |
| remit + ance | map + ing | drug + ist | brag + art |
| heap + ing | connect + ing | emit + ed | unfit + ed |
| confer + ing | offer + ed | conceal + ed | parallel + ed |
| acquit + ed* | commit + ee | shelter + ed | stir + ing |
| root + ed | squeal + ing | intermit + ent | equal + ed |
| depend + ent | begin + er | cheer + ed | vigor + ous |
| occur + ed | shovel + ed | forgot + en | regret + ed |
| submit + ed | transmit + ed | drum + er | spin + ing |
* After q, u is a consonant.
EXCEPTIONS.
The final consonant is not doubled when, in the derivative, the accent is thrown from the last syllable of the primitive; as, re fer´, ref´er ence.
| ref´er ence | def´er ence | ref er ee´ |
| pref er ence | in fer ence | ref´er a ble or |
| con fer ence | pref er a ble | re fer´ri ble |
OTHER EXCEPTIONS.
| gas es | (but gassy) | tranquillity |
| gas eous | humbug ging | trans fer able |
| crystallize | humbug ged | ex cellence |
| chagrined |
Note.—There is a large class of words ending in l, and accented on some other syllable than the last, in whose derivatives the l is doubled by many writers; but it accords more with the analogy of the language not to double the l. Such words are the following: apparel, cancel, channel, cudgel, dishevel, drivel, duel, enamel, equal, gambol, grovel, jewel, libel, marshal, marvel, metal, model, panel, peril, quarrel.
REFERENCE TABLE OF SUFFIXES.
- able, see ble
- age, that which, having
- ain, see ian
- al, pertaining to
- an, pertaining to, one who
- ant, one who, that which, quality of, condition of
- ary, one who, that which, place where, condition of, quality of, pertaining to
- ate, act of, state of, shaped like
- ble, capable of, fit to be
- cle, little, that which
- ed, condition of
- ee, one who
- ence, see ant
- ent, see ant
- er, one who, that which
- es, see er
- et, little
- ful, full of, having
- fy, to make
- ial, see al
- ian, one who
- ible, see ble
- ic, pertaining to