DUNESHAUNT Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 Help me with this spelling question. Is it Duneing or Duning? I have had this question come up on more than 1 occasion. Spell check don't even know the right answer. Can everyone write in on it please. I want to write it the right way. Quote
ynot Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 Help me with this spelling question. Is it Duneing or Duning? I have had this question come up on more than 1 occasion. Spell check don't even know the right answer. Can everyone write in on it please. I want to write it the right way. Not that I am a spelling expert by any stretch I have always considered it Duning Quote
dunefreak Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 It would be duning. However, it isn't really an official word. It's kind of a slang term so there would be no real definition. By basic grammar rules, it would be duning though. You never follow an "e" with an "ing" Quote
bp-guy Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) It would be duning. However, it isn't really an official word. It's kind of a slang term so there would be no real definition. By basic grammar rules, it would be duning though. You never follow an "e" with an "ing" Hmmm- like ageing or dieing or seeing? LOL Edited December 23, 2011 by bp-guy Quote
bp-guy Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 (edited) Edited December 23, 2011 by bp-guy Quote
dunefreak Posted December 23, 2011 Posted December 23, 2011 Hmmm- like ageing or dieing or seeing? LOL You've been around those non-english speaking people too long. Actually aging is spelled both ways (ageing and aging) but is most commonly spelled aging in America at least. lol http://www.grammarist.com/spelling/ageing-aging/ Both aging and ageing are legitimate gerunds and present participles corresponding to the verb age. American and Canadian writers and editors prefer aging by a wide margin, while ageing is the preferred spelling in British and Australian English. Dieing is spelled dying. And seeing is a no brainer. You wouldn't drop the last e in that because it's a double e and part of the word. Quote
DUNESHAUNT Posted December 24, 2011 Author Posted December 24, 2011 You've been around those non-english speaking people too long. Actually aging is spelled both ways (ageing and aging) but is most commonly spelled aging in America at least. lol http://www.grammaris...g/ageing-aging/ Dieing is spelled dying. And seeing is a no brainer. You wouldn't drop the last e in that because it's a double e and part of the word. WOW, I thinke my brian is hurtting!!!!Butt i thinke i have the wright answert. Quote
JoeDuner Posted December 24, 2011 Posted December 24, 2011 I always thought it was dooning.....damn Quote
FE135 Posted December 26, 2011 Posted December 26, 2011 I would go with duning. It is just like the word riding or tuning. And, I have seen "duning" in magazines, so that at least gives "duning" some credibility. It just looks weird though, like your saying dunning. Plus, the spell checker always highlights it which doesn't help. Quote
SandBox_Kid Posted December 27, 2011 Posted December 27, 2011 According to an urban dictionary site...there is a big difference between duning and duneing: http://www.urbandict...php?term=duning or http://www.urbandict...hp?term=duneing Quote
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