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Double the final consonant before a suffix beginning with a vowel if both of the following are true: the consonant ends a stressed syllable or a one-syllable word, and the consonant is preceded by a single vowel: : drag becomes dragged : wet becomes wetter : occur becomes occurred, occurring : refer becomes referral, referring

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