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If we slip (on the ice, i.e. accidentally) rather than slide on it, the final consonant is doubled when -ing is added. This is because the consonant comes at the end of the word and is preceded by ...

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Zully Ramirez-Gamboa, who is following the business English Internet course "Click here for English", wants to know about rules for pronunciation. For example: 'Words of one syllable, ending in a ...