How do you spell "failed task"? There are two complex orthograms in the word "unfulfilled": the choice of continuous or separate spelling with "not" and a double consonant (nn) in the suffix. These types of orthograms often present difficulties in writing. How to avoid mistakes?
Part of Speech
The first thing to establish when faced with a possible doubling of the "n" in the suffix is the part of speech of the word. We will consider the word "fulfilled" for now, since adding a negation does not affect the suffix.
Let's ask a question. Which? Fulfilled. To the question "what?" respond to adjectives and participles. To choose from these options, you need to understand from what part of speech the word "fulfilled" is formed. It is derived from the word "perform" in a suffixal way. Execute is a verb. So "done" can be either a verbal adjective or a participle.
In the first case, one letter "n" is written in the suffix, and in the second - two.
Doubleconsonant
A participle, unlike a verbal adjective, has at least one of the following features:
- Presence of prefix. (The prefix "not" doesn't count, so it's legally dropped.)
- Presence of suffixes "-ova-", "-eva-" or "-irova-".
- Perfect look. To determine the type, you need to ask a question to the verb from which the word under study is formed. If the verb in the initial form answers the question "what to do?", then it is imperfective. To the infinitives of perfective verbs, the question "what to do?" is asked. The verbal word has the same form as the verb itself.
- The presence of a dependent word.
In the case of the word "fulfilled" there are two signs at once: the prefix "you-" and the perfect look. ("What to do? - Run.") Thus, the part of speech is defined - the full participle.
Conclusion: "done" is written with two "n".
Spelling "not" with participles
First of all, we need to exclude a simple option when the sacrament without "not" is not used. Does the expression "completed task" make sense? Absolutely.
The basis for writing a full participle separately from the particle "not" is the presence of a dependent word.
For example:
- "I didn't complete the task".
- "A task not completed on time".
Another case of separate spelling occurs when appearing in contextopposition.
"Not completed, but failed task"
If there are no dependent words and opposition, the prefix "not" with the participle is written together: unfulfilled task.
Note
The word "unfulfilled" also has a simpler spelling at the root - an unstressed vowel. This is the tested vowel. The test word is to execute.
