**** ETNI on the web http://www.etni.org.il http://www.etni.org **** -------- Original Message -------- Subject: A question From: "Henry Mullish" <hqm2011@xxxxxxx> Hi everyone, I am simply a lurker on your interesting web site and I have a question that perhaps one of the teachers of English can answer. I am in constant contact with a Chinese professor of Judaica (honestly!) and in a recent message to me (I always correct her professional papers which she sends me by e-mail from China) she signed off with the word "openning," where the double "n" is incorrect. Now what is the rule for the doubling of the letter preceding the closing "ing" ending? It is true that we have "running" and "beginning" in which cases the double "n" is used. But why not in the word "opening"? Henry ##### To send a message to the ETNI list email: etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ##### ##### Send queries and questions to: ask@xxxxxxxx #####