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Secondary III • 3d

Hi,

Why does “warmer” have 1 m if the word “warm” ends with a consonant? Cause when there is a consonant at the end, we must double it and add -er

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      avatarPerleEmpathique3942teacher check
      Team Alloprof • 3d

      Hi, PerroquetAdmirable5918! :)

      Thank you for reaching out.


      We double the last consonant before adding -er only when the word follows this pattern:

      consonant + vowel + consonant (CVC) and the vowel is short.


      Examples:

      • big --> bigger
      • hot --> hotter
      • sad --> sadder

      In these words, the last consonant is doubled.


      However, warm is not a short single vowel in a CVC pattern.

      So we do not double the m, we simply add -er!


      I hope this helped. Here is our concept sheet on the subject:

      https://www.alloprof.qc.ca/en/students/vl/english/comparative-superlative-adjectives-e2115


      Feel free to reach out again! :)

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