I before E, except...
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Old grammar rule:
I before E except after C and sounds of A as in neighbor and weigh. How cool is that?
I before E except after C and sounds of A as in neighbor and weigh. How cool is that?
Oct 23, 2017 18:29:27 #
sholland98 wrote:
Old grammar rule:
I before E except after C and sounds of A as in neighbor and weigh. How cool is that?
I before E except after C and sounds of A as in neighbor and weigh. How cool is that?
Works for all but the following: Keith, foreign, receives, counterfeit, and caffeinated!!
Oct 24, 2017 07:13:21 #
SteveR wrote:
Works for all but the following: Keith, foreign, receives, counterfeit, and caffeinated!!
Rules are meant to be broken! No wonder everyone says 'English' is such a hard language.
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Oct 24, 2017 10:56:59 #
I remember the rule being "i before e, except after c and sometimes w"
But the coffee cup shows that it should be "except after c and sometimes w, r, n, k, f, b, l, (LOL)
But the coffee cup shows that it should be "except after c and sometimes w, r, n, k, f, b, l, (LOL)
Oct 24, 2017 12:10:51 #
James Slick
Loc: Pittsburgh,PA
firtree wrote:
Rules are meant to be broken! No wonder everyone says 'English' is such a hard language.
Logic and the English language are seldom on speaking terms! " Ghoti" can be pronounced as "fish", for example. And yet most people think math is hard! 😉
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Oct 24, 2017 19:17:00 #
Note also - No U after O unless your favourite proper English coloured neighbour is eating his flavoured mouldy doughnuts. 
Oct 24, 2017 19:20:12 #
bobjim wrote:
Note also - No U after O unless your favourite proper English coloured neighbour is eating his flavoured mouldy doughnuts.
Don't forget "fought."
Oct 25, 2017 05:44:36 #
SteveR wrote:
Don't forget "fought."
That couldn't be the only one, could it?
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