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August 24, 2017, 07:23 AM
Eponym
I follow this simple rule: i before e, except when it's not.
August 24, 2017, 07:49 AM
2012BOSS302
Ok so it is - i before e except after c, and this sentence about Keith
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August 24, 2017, 07:56 AM
Floyd D. Barber
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Originally posted by 2012BOSS302: Ok so it is - i before e except after c, and this sentence about Keith
And also when sounding like "a" as in neighbor and weigh. But you'll always be wrong, no matter what you say.
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August 24, 2017, 08:01 AM
TigerDore
I am going to pass this one along.
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August 24, 2017, 08:29 AM
CoolRich59
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Originally posted by Floyd D. Barber:
quote:
Originally posted by 2012BOSS302: Ok so it is - i before e except after c, and this sentence about Keith
And also when sounding like "a" as in neighbor and weigh. But you'll always be wrong, no matter what you say.
Brian, what’s the plural for box?
Boxen. I bought 2 boxen of donuts.
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August 24, 2017, 08:32 AM
Scoutmaster
Jefferson reportedly commented it's an ill educated man who doesn't know more than one way to spell a word.
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August 24, 2017, 08:40 AM
jigray3
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Originally posted by Floyd D. Barber:
quote:
Originally posted by 2012BOSS302: Ok so it is - i before e except after c, and this sentence about Keith
And also when sounding like "a" as in neighbor and weigh. But you'll always be wrong, no matter what you sayseigh .
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August 24, 2017, 09:00 AM
1967Goat
My name is Keith, and I am a victim.
August 24, 2017, 10:51 AM
Sig2340
H... ah... U... M... O... U... R.
Right?
Nice is overrated
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August 24, 2017, 10:57 AM
egregore
Like with many things in the English language, where, for example, vulnerable and invulnerable are opposites but flammable and inflammable are the same, I before E is not a hard and fast rule.
August 24, 2017, 11:11 AM
rusbro
Start at 2:00 if you want to get to the subject at hand:
Thanks, I just sent that to a friend who is a teacher.
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August 24, 2017, 03:36 PM
flashguy
I use "I before e, except after the sound of soft c, when pronounced like ee". Then I adopted the pronunciations of "eyether", "neyether", and "lehzhure" (which removed 3 exceptions, "either", "neither", and "leisure" from the list. There are still a few exceptions that have to be memorized, but my modified rule eliminates most of them.
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August 24, 2017, 03:45 PM
arcwelder
Aparently it's no longer taught in schools, because a rule with so many exceptions is hardly a rule.
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August 24, 2017, 08:27 PM
flashguy
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Originally posted by arcwelder76: Aparently it's no longer taught in schools, because a rule with so many exceptions is hardly a rule.
My version has few exceptions. And just because it's not being taught doesn't mean it's not useful. There is a lot that is not being taught any more that probably should be.
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