i before e, except after c

Originally posted by CenterNut
I want my own.

I heard theres a bit of land in the arclantic which noone lives on. I say we fly over there and then spam the forums with junk. They cant ban us cuz we wont have an IP!

Originally posted by sonhouse
Strictly speaking, those words you mention at the end don't
have the A sound so don't they belong to part one and two?

Except for science, scientifically speaking.

If you was from the english country side you'd know what he means 😉

Originally posted by Santa Drummer
I heard theres a bit of land in the arclantic which noone lives on. I say we fly over there and then spam the forums with junk. They cant ban us cuz we wont have an IP!

Problem is if we don't have an IP adress the RHP servers wont know where to send the data 🙁

Originally posted by sonhouse
Strictly speaking, those words you mention at the end don't
have the A sound so don't they belong to part one and two?

Except for science, scientifically speaking.

Which is why they're in the list of exceptions....🙄

Originally posted by The Plumber
Which is why they're in the list of [b]exceptions....🙄[/b]

Hey I need a Plumber we got a turd stuck in the forums called bowmann.

Originally posted by CenterNut
Hey I need a Plumber we got a turd stuck in the forums called bowmann.

Try the yellow pages....

Originally posted by Santa Drummer
weird

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edit: p.s. titivil

Originally posted by murrow
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edit: p.s. titivil

don't think it applies here....🙂

Originally posted by sonhouse
Strictly speaking, those words you mention at the end don't
have the A sound so don't they belong to part one and two?

Except for science, scientifically speaking.

The rule I learnt was I before E excepting after C, when the sound is E.

There's plenty of exceptions. The English language has moved on since Dr Johnson wrote his dictionary, spelling hasn't...

Originally posted by genius
but then why is "their" spelt "their"? i relised i spelt it this way about a week ago so i tried to spell it the other way (thier), and it just looked wrong. so i look up a dictionary, and lo! it's "their". why does the i-before-e rule not apply here?

Where's Bowman when you truly need him?

Originally posted by The Plumber
You need to quote the entire rule:

Write I before E
Except after C
Or when it sounds like an A
As in "neighbor" and "weigh"

Examples:

i before e: relief, believe, niece, chief, sieve, frieze, field, yield
e before i: receive, deceive, ceiling, conceit, vein, sleigh, freight, eight

Of course, even with the entire rule, th ...[text shortened]... , leisure, conscience, counterfeit, forfeit, leisure, neither, science, species, sufficient

Holy sweet Jesus.

That is disturbing when you think about it.