What do you do when you’re not sure if you should double the last letter when adding a suffix like ed or ing? Is it canceled or cancelled? Commited or committed? Traveling or travelling?
English has a general rule, or should I say, multiple rules for this:
If a one-syllable word ends in a consonant followed by…
That is one of the most often used words in the English language and one of the most versatile. It can be a pronoun (That is my belt.), an adjective (That book is my favorite.), an adverb (The worm is about that long.), and a conjunction (I was so tired that I fell asleep standing…