McGuffey’s Eclectic Spelling Book

Lesson 139

Ing signifies continuing to; as talking, continuing to talk. The following words, in taking their suffix, double the final letter. The last letter is doubled when the word ends with a single consonant preceded by a single vowel.

plan’ning win’ning stop’ping a bet’ting fret’ting blot’ting gun’ning re bel’ling bid’ding rob’bing shut’ting o mit’ting

Other words ending with consonants, which do not double the final letter.

Act’ing Fail’ing Mean’ing Ex Pand’ing Land’ing Rain’ing Coax’ing Con Sent’ing Build’ing Sail’ing Suit’ing Vis’it Ing