I before E, except after C. Weird, huh?
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I before E, except after C. Weird, huh?
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HaHAHaHahA!!! Love it!
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Not me, don't like them! I usually break them! I can't follow a recipe...I always think this/that would be great to add. I do go the speed limit, and I don't break the law and all that jazz
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That is a deceiving rule to say the least. I have to admit that I tend to hit the ceiling when people use that rule as gospel. However I know that in the literate community it is well received by all who hear it as being an acceptable way to help with spelling.Originally Posted by Belinda Williamson
I before E, except after C. Weird, huh?
BTW, acknowledgment of my post constitutes receipt of the aforementioned!
I'm going to hell for sure!
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Except after C? What a weird society!I before E, except after C. Weird, huh?
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I am sure that all of the people on this forum that are named Keith, Neil and Sheila will disagree with the rule! My neighbors do. So do the words listed here.
beige
feint
feisty
foreign
forfeit
heifer
height
heir
heist
reign
rein
seismometer
their
veil
vein
weigh
There are a few others, but I have to bet back to work!!!!
Too much fun!
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The accurate rule is: "i before e, except when it isn't"
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Rules is rules, except when they isn't!
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So very true, Bill, so very true!
“Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy and chivalry.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everybody knows what to do with the devil but them that has him. My Grandmother
I had a guardian angel at one time, but my little devil got him drunk, tattooed, and left him penniless at a strip club. I have not had another angel assigned to me yet.
I didn't change my mind, my mind changed me.
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Thanks for the smile, Belinda.
It’s only work if somebody makes you do it.
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
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AHEM! "except when pronounced a as in neighbor and weigh"...that finishes the original saying. My high school journalism teacher all but beat correct grammar into all of us...way back in the middle of the last century
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Sorry Roger, weird is still an exception to the rule.AHEM! "except when pronounced a as in neighbor and weigh"...that finishes the original saying. My high school journalism teacher all but beat correct grammar into all of us...way back in the middle of the last century
Unless I've been pronouncing weird incorrectly all these years, which is a distinct possibility.
“Life is not so short but that there is always time enough for courtesy and chivalry.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson
Everybody knows what to do with the devil but them that has him. My Grandmother
I had a guardian angel at one time, but my little devil got him drunk, tattooed, and left him penniless at a strip club. I have not had another angel assigned to me yet.
I didn't change my mind, my mind changed me.
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I agree with you Belinda, just making a statement about "grammatical rules"
When you learn another language you find out just how difficult the alleged English language actually is. I could write for a long time about all of the flaws in grammar and then when you add in the local dialectic characteristics by region and so on it turns into a big bucket of worms. We should just enjoy the oddities of the so called mother tongue and stumble on.
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Americans discussing English..................Sheeesh
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[QUOTE=Roger Newby;1274387 When you learn another language you find out just how difficult the alleged English language actually is. .[/QUOTE]
I am amazed that any foreigner can learn our language. Take the "ough",for instance, and try to apply any kind of logic as to how it is pronounced:
"ough" as in
rough
cough
through
though
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