Asked by hi

To spell the word occurrence, why is the final consonant doubled before adding the suffix?


because the base word ends with two vowels before the final consonant


because the stress is on the second syllable of the base word ending in consonant + vowel + consonant


because the suffix begins with a consonant


because the base word ends in two consonants

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Answered by GPT-4o mini
The correct reason for doubling the final consonant in the word "occurrence" before adding the suffix is:

**because the stress is on the second syllable of the base word ending in consonant + vowel + consonant.**

In this case, the base word "occur" has the stress on the second syllable, which is why the final consonant 'r' is doubled before adding the suffix "-ence."

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