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Double Consonants: Rules, Examples

Double consonants in the root or after the prefix is ​​a simple topic. But some words include a spoken sound in oral speech that displays not one, but two letters on the letter. Examples in which double consonants are found are outlined in the article.

To justify those who do not have one hundred percent literacy (and there are most of them), it is worth saying that the speech that Pushkin used is one of the most difficult in the world. Therefore, spelling rules must be repeated from time to time. Consider the most common mistakes in spelling double consonants.

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Double "W"

The Russian language has many words whose spelling does not comply with any rule. So, the double “w” is written in the following words:

  • burning;
  • yeast;
  • rein;
  • to buzz;
  • juniper.

But in the case of alternating sounds "g" and "z" is written differently. For example, the verb “scream” comes from the noun “screech”. And therefore, in spite of the fact that double consonants are heard in oral speech, it is still written “zh”.

double consonants in the root

Difficult words

The units of the language, referred to as abbreviated, when writing, are often in doubt. If the first part of the word ends with the letter with which the second begins, double consonants take place.

Examples:

  • maternity hospital;
  • head physician.

These cases should not be confused with words formed from two parts, one of which includes double consonants:

  • phonograph record (phonograph record);
  • konarmiya (horse army).

But if the adjective is derived from a base in which there are double consonants, the above rule is respected. It must be followed when writing other parts of speech. The main condition is that the double consonant precedes the suffix. The following are examples of sentences in which words with double consonants are present.

  1. Gauls are tribes that existed in the so-called Gallic period.
  2. His work was rated five points on a five-point system.
  3. The Hun bow is a weapon created by nomads who are known in history as the Huns .
  4. After nine participants left the project, it was no longer a group , but a small group .
  5. The postman used to use diminutive forms in speech: a letter, a telegram , a parcel.

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Exceptions

But there are lexical units formed from words with double consonants, but not falling under the rules given above. These exceptions must be remembered.

  • crystal, but crystal;
  • Finn, but Finnish;
  • column but column;
  • ton, but five-ton.

Exceptions may also include derivatives of proper names.

Examples:

  • In those days, she was not yet Alla Petrovna - a formidable and powerful woman, but a stupid and naive Alka .
  • One of the characters in Furmanov’s work was a girl named Anna , better known as “ Anka the Machine Gunner”.
  • His name was Philip . And of all the works of classical literature, he most of all did not like Tolstoy's story " Filipok ."

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At the junction of the prefix and the root

In such cases, spelling of words with double consonants is used. But this rule also has exceptions. In such words, for example, as a call or fake, the prefix ends with the letter with which the root begins.

The spelling of the verbs “succumb” and “succumb” should not be confused. In the first case, we are talking about an action that can be expressed as follows: “to be influenced, to agree”, in the second - “to go.”

Words of foreign origin

The spelling of borrowings needs to be checked on the spelling dictionary. Or study foreign languages. After all, words such as abbreviation, accommodation and application are of Latin origin. Learning a dead language is optional. Derivatives of many Latin words are found in modern English, German and French.

Those who do not want to spend time on the grammar and phonetics of a foreign language need to remember the spelling of foreign words. Below are suggestions in which there are borrowings with double consonants.

  1. Aggression is often the result of alcohol poisoning.
  2. Symptoms of acclimatization appear in each person in different ways.
  3. In this store you can buy not only clothes, but also various accessories .
  4. Ammonia has a high level of toxicity.
  5. Sizing is a complex and time-consuming process.
  6. A method that involves replacing some objects with others is called approximation .
  7. The college assessor , who lived in the neighborhood, was a mysterious, secretive man.
  8. The witch made incense potions, prepared strange essences .
  9. In the city there were many heaps, to which visitors often mistook for real mountains.
  10. Representatives of the Russian intelligentsia in search of salvation were forced to leave their homes.

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Consonant Borrowing

There are a number of words of foreign origin, in which there are no double consonants, but for some reason mistakes are often made in their spelling:

  • attribute;
  • balustrade;
  • dealer;
  • amateur;
  • impresario;
  • wolverine.

And, finally, the well-known word in which there are double consonants in the root: a quarrel. Of course, in the verb derived from it, writing the three letters “c” is not necessary (quarreling). Words formed by this pattern can include only two consonants.

Russian language is a basic subject at school. But over the years, the skills acquired in childhood and adolescence are lost. In writing texts, it would seem, educated people often make gross mistakes. To the question of when it is necessary to write double consonants, not everyone can answer. And the so-called innate sense of language is gifted only to the elite. Therefore, the rules of the Russian language must be repeated throughout life.

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