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Shampa Iftakhar:
RULE: 4

The final consonant is preceded by a single vowel: bar → barred. When there is more than one vowel before the final
    consonant, the consonant is not doubled: fail → failed. When the final consonant is preceded by another consonant,
    the consonant is not doubled: bark → barking.
   
   The word has only one syllable or has the stress on the last syllable: fit → fitted, commit → committed, prefer →
    preferred. For words with more than one syllable where the stress does not fall on the last syllable, the final consonant
    is not doubled: benefit → benefited, offer → offered.

    The suffix begins with a vowel: prefer → preferred. But if the syllable stress changes because of the addition of the   
   suffix, then the consonant is not doubled: prefer → preference. Final consonants are also not doubled if the suffix   
   begins with a consonant: prefer → preferment.

    If the word ends in l or p, then the consonant is usually doubled in Canadian spelling:

    travel → travelled; worship → worshipped. Note: American spelling does not follow this rule.

Source: www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/style-and-editing/spelling‎

nirvana:
Shampa Madam

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Shampa Iftakhar:
Thank you sir.

Shampa Iftakhar:
Final -E

Leave off the final 'e' in the following cases:

•   When the word ends in 'e' adding a suffix that begins with a vowel (this is usually the case, although there are exceptions such as 'outrageous').

make - making
note - notable

Shampa Iftakhar:
Final E

Do not leave out the final 'e' when a word ends in 'ee'.

agree - agreeable

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