Referral ?

[rh71]

If "referral" is spelled as such, how come "referrer" and "referee" (in the same context) are spelled as such ? (Did I get all that right ?)

 

[leftyman]

nef, neffer, neffing, neferee

 

[spidey07]

Because that's how english works?



suffixes and vowels and whatnot.

 

[sixone]

Originally posted by: rh71
If "referral" is spelled as such, how come "referer" and "referee" are spelled as such ? (Did I get all that right ?)

No. Referrer is correct. Referee doesn't need the extra r, because referree would look dumb.

Edit: Quick edit, but not quick enough.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: spidey07
Because that's how english works?

 

[spidey07]

check edit.

Found from the oracle...

" 3. Words that end in an accented short or modified vowel sound must have the final consonant doubled to protect that sound when you add a vowel suffix:

Quebec - Quebecker remit - remittance confer - conferring refer - referred
upset - upsetting shellac - shellacking occur - occurred concur- concurrent


Note that this doubling is not done if the accent is not on the last syllable. If the word ends in a schwa, there is no need to "protect" it.

open - opening organ - organize
focus - focused refer - referee
"

Your base word is 'refer', the rest just falls into place.

Is english not your 1st language?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: sixone

Originally posted by: rh71
If "referral" is spelled as such, how come "referer" and "referee" are spelled as such ? (Did I get all that right ?)

No. Referrer is correct. Referee doesn't need the extra r, because referree would look dumb.

Edit: Quick edit, but not quick enough.

edited at 4:38pm (ET).. what time was your post again ?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: spidey07
check edit.

Found from the oracle...

" 3. Words that end in an accented short or modified vowel sound must have the final consonant doubled to protect that sound when you add a vowel suffix:

Quebec - Quebecker remit - remittance confer - conferring refer - referred
upset - upsetting shellac - shellacking occur - occurred concur- concurrent


Note that this doubling is not done if the accent is not on the last syllable. If the word ends in a schwa, there is no need to "protect" it.

open - opening organ - organize
focus - focused refer - referee
"

Your base word is 'refer', the rest just falls into place.

Is english not your 1st language?

indeed it is my 1st language but I learned from watching tv and seeing text on paper. I don't know the rules at all so I'm asking "why".

 

[spidey07]

Really?

I'm surprised they don't teach this stuff. It was drilled into my head.

I'm sure you can find most of the spelling rules out there. Suffixes are pretty straight forward.

For example why it is spelled "suffixes" instead of "suffixs"