full is an adjective
my room is full of junkmy cup is fullthe spoon is full of sugar
when you tag full on to the end of a noun to make an amount, there is only 1 L
a spoonful of sugara cupful of floura handful of people
compare
a cupful of flour - this is an amount and the stress is on cup
a cup full of coffee - more a statement of fact -evenly stressed
similarly, one L for adjectives such as
fruitfulsuccessfulwonderfulhelpfultruthful
Simple rule:
only double LL on full
and single L when tagged on the end of another word
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