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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsThe rule"I" before "e" except
after "c" has been disproved by science.
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The rule"I" before "e" except (Original Post)
kairos12
Jan 9
OP
Sure. some words have the e before i. or the i before e in the spelling.Example, when I taught, I taught my students to
debm55
Jan 9
#7
Endlessmike56
(129 posts)1. Well played
Amaryllis
(11,025 posts)2. ???? Don't get it. More info, please.
quaint
(4,699 posts)3. Science, dear.
debm55
(56,507 posts)4. Funny, Thank you very much for sharing with us.
Amaryllis
(11,025 posts)5. I still don't get it. Can you explain?
The I is after the C.
debm55
(56,507 posts)7. Sure. some words have the e before i. or the i before e in the spelling.Example, when I taught, I taught my students to
spell believe by seeing the word lie in it and you don't believe a lie. Science is an exception where it is correct to believe in ie and it is not a lie.
Amaryllis
(11,025 posts)8. THanks. I also was an English teacher so understand the i before e rule but didn't get the science part.
Wounded Bear
(63,899 posts)9. The problem with English is there are so many exceptions from its rules...
Probably because we have so many words stolen from other languages.
Rizen
(1,032 posts)10. And atheism.
perfessor
(356 posts)11. English is weird.

Marthe48
(22,770 posts)13. Subtle
Doc_Technical
(3,742 posts)14. What a weird society.
ProfessorGAC
(75,928 posts)15. Beauty!
It's weird that you found that exception.