More bits and pieces that I didn’t know, had never thought about or had doubts about from The Cambridge Grammar of English: - The reason why you don’t double the p in “developing” is because the previous vowel isn’t stressed.... ...full story at TEFLtastic
from TEFLtastic on Sun, Jul 27 2008
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New Born Comitte Episode 1 Part 1/2 [English Dubbed] »
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