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why two 'p's - grep only has one
by semiinfinitely 2y ago
why two 'p's - grep only has one
- wging 2y agoEnglish inserts an additional ‘p’ in some cases; for precedent consider “stoppable”, “unflappable”, “skippable”. See https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30001/why-is-shippable-spelled-with-2-ps https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/30001/why-is-shi...
- Hackbraten 2y agoSee also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digraph_(orthography)#Double_letters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digraph_(orthography)#Double_l...
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- mckn1ght 2y agoThat’s usually how it’s done with words that end in one consonant when adding a suffix that starts with a vowel, so as not to change the pronunciation of the short vowel in the root word due to english’s rules around long and short vowels. See also map->mapped, bat->batted, tap->tappable etc