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| quote: | Originally posted by BLuEOcEaN420
if it were only so simple. 
the aforementioned rule cannot be applied to the word: skiing 
im w/ the guy who said to disregard all rules of common sense & logic w/ english grammar.  |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ-Fuq
Well thats because ski doesnt end in a consonant |
Exactly. When words finish in vowel, as far as I remember, just add the -ing suffix. He asked "when do we double the consonant", so I didn't even think of this "skiing" case. But, if you're curious, here are all the rules I remember about ing
CVC -> you double the last consonant
Set - Setting
Put - Putt
Ending with (a, o, u, i, y), CVCC, CVCCC, CCVCC, ... -> Just add ing
Do - Doing
Ski - Skiing
Walk - Walking
K - King 
Ending with e -> -e +ing
Come -> Coming
exception: be -> being
Now, back to King_Mack's doubt: these verbs ending with "l" can have its last consonant doubled in British English while American English doesn't require it.
Travel -> Travelling (brit) -> Traveling (American)
| quote: | Originally posted by BLuEOcEaN420
i still say that the english grammar has too many exceptions. easier to memorize things case by case. rather than to try to apply the rules and make exceptions. heh |
Every language has a strong sense of logic, and English is no exception to this. Obviously, being a language that evolved naturally, it's bound to have its peculiarities. The past tense (and present perfect), for example, make me Thank God that English has just a few time tenses, compared to most latin languages (if I'm not mistaken, French and Portuguese both have 21 different time tenses). Not to mention the plural forms of words in English that were borrowed from other languages (like "Children" that came from German and "Nuclea" that came from Latin).
I saw your picture in the Post your Pictahs thread and I'm assuming you're Japanese, Blueocean420. I believe Japanese is a lot more regular than English, with all those particles that make gaijins all over the world feel rather confused. But it's not perfect. If I ask you to add the -masu stem to the verb "kiru", what do you have?
Nothing yet, because you need to know what "kiru" I'm talking about, as it can be kirimasu or kimasu, depending on the verbal group 
If you're Chinese or Korean (are you?), I'd better run and hide
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