How to spell stopping

hear itstop·ping/'stɑpɪŋ/verbRules and real life

What it means: To come to a halt.

In a sentence: The car is stopping at the red light.

The part people get wrong

Watch for double p. Often misspelled as stoping or stoppingg.

Same family: stop, stopped, stoppable, stopper, nonstop. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The noun "stopping" comes from the verb "stop," which traces back to Old English "stoppian," meaning to plug or block an opening. In engineering, the idea of "blocking" or "holding" something in place led to this specialized meaning for a welded metal fastener.

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