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My intuition was that the doubling of the consonant was to prevent the modifying effect that the e would normally have. For example bat->batted. Bated doesn’t w
by ubercow13 6y ago
My intuition was that the doubling of the consonant was to prevent the modifying effect that the e would normally have. For example bat->batted. Bated doesn’t work because it looks like it should be pronounced the same as baited.
- function_seven 6y agoThis makes sense. If I didn't already know the word, I could see mistakenly pronouncing “focused” to rhyme with “accused” (i.e. fohk-YOO-zed )