#double letters

SEX ???????!!??!

ARE YOU AND ROBOTNIK HAVING SEX ??!??!????

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Goodmorning??? I don't know what yyou want mee to ssay about lasgt night

I think this can be seen as B2/C1/C2 level in Italian, so dw if you don't get it (it's kinda tough for some of us as well -I mean, doubt on how you write a word... we've all been there occasionally even if we're natives)

1) -SIONE or -ZIONE?

Words originated from Latin ones ending in -sionem keep the "s" (-sione): eg. astensione (abstensionem), estensione (extensionem)...

Words that originate from Latin ones ending in -tionem, turn into -zione: eg. contrazione (contractionem), invenzione (inventionem)...

The only way to be entirely sure (except from building a good vocabulary out of practice and tries) is to check on a dictionary (eg. treccani).

There's a rule but it is not always accurate:

It says that generally you have an ending in -zione when the noun has a participle, adjective or another name with "t": eg. ammirazione -> ammirato; correzione -> corretto; elezione -> eletto... While we have the ending in -sione when the noun has a participle, adjective or another name with "s": eg. immersione -> immerso; fusione -> fuso; confusione -> confuso... The exception, as mentioned, are for example: contorsione -> contorto; estorsione -> estorto; and most of the noun that can originate from the verb "torcere" (torsione -> torto).

2) Z or ZZ?

Even if the letter "z" is usually pronounced as "zz" when in between vowels, we don't always write "zz" in words.

• We have "z" with: -zione, -azia, -ezia, -izia, -ozia, -uzia, -azio, -ezio, -izio, -ozio, -uzio (eg. eccezione, grazia, equinozio, armistizio...). -> Usually in school we're told to remember about "-zio", "zia" and "-zione" (that means also "uncle" "aunt" and "big uncle") as words' endings that do NOT need double z.

-> exceptions: pazzia and razzia [accent falls on the "i"].

• We have "z" with: compound nouns in which the second element starts by "z" (eg. prozia, protozoo, rizappare)

• We have "z" with: greek or foreign words (eg. bazar, gazebo...)

• We have "zz" with: -ezza, -ozza, -ozzo, -uzza, -uzzo, -izzare, -izzazione, -izzatore (eg. bellezza, tinozza, merluzzo, viuzza, nazionalizzare, nazionalizzazione...)

Otter

Olly / Ollie

Ellis

Ferris

Perry

Kerry

Quinn

Addison

Odette

Reese

Sutton

Summer

Willow

Giselle

Gemma

Bennett

Jillian

Kellan / Kellen

Lee

Vienna

Sienna

Nice catching!! Indeed, that “m” is a special letter!

Have a look:

Indeed it says “Dating for dummies”! That “m” letter looks like a normal “m”, but it has a circle. That circle indicates that the letter is a double letter! Almost every letter has a version that has a circle, and it’s the correct way of writing for monsters, but sometimes they forget and don’t use it

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