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Buses eller busses???
Hej
Hedder det "buses" eller "busses"?
På forhånd tak
Svar #1
26. marts 2011 af nuggety (Slettet)
'Buses' bruges langt oftere end 'busses', men jeg ved ikke, om 'busses' er inkorrekt - men jeg synes helt klart, at du skal bruge 'buses' :)
Svar #5
27. marts 2011 af munequita (Slettet)
When to Double Final Consonants
The final consonant of a word is often doubled when adding -ed, -ing, -er, -est in the following cases:
* Double final "b, d, g, l, m, n, p, r and t" at the end of words:
rob - robbing
sad - sadder
big - bigger
travel - traveller
skim - skimming
win - winner
pop - popping
prefer - preferred
hit - hitting
* Double these final letters there is the following pattern "consonant - vowel - consonant" at the end of a word. For example: travel - 'vel' v - consonant - e - vowel l - consonant.
* Words of more than one syllable have their consonants doubled only when the final syllable is stressed.
begin - beginn ing BUT open - opening
defer - deferr ing BUT offer - offering
* When words have more than one syllable and end in 'l' British English always doubles the 'l', even in the case of unstressed syllables. American English, on the other hand, the 'l' is not doubled when the syllable is unstressed.
British English - travelled
American English - traveled
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cambridge dictionary
bus noun ( VEHICLE ) [C] (plural buses or US ALSO busses)
Svar #6
27. marts 2011 af saja1 (Slettet)
Der er en meget enkel regel, som er anvendelig på både dansk og engelsk, brug den , så kommer du ikke galt afsted:
Slutkonsonanten fordobles efter enkel, betonet vokal.
one bus - two busses.
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