Totaled/totaling vs. totalled/totalling

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In American English, the participles corresponding to the verb total are totaled and totaling—with one l. Totalled and totalling, with two l‘s, are the preferred spellings in varieties of English from outside the U.S. This has been the case since the early 20th century, when many verbs ending in l went through a similar transition in American English.

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