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Extract from the Orthography section of the first edition (1828) of Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language.

This publication was the most important milestone in the divergence of American English spelling from British English spelling.

This page includes the roots of the American English practice of not doubling consonants when adding a suffix.

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