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flipdiving[author flagged as a spammer - redacted]
Fantomas"i before e except after c"
I didn't think they taught this anymore, as there are too many exceptions to it.
Sagemind"You know the rule: "i" before "e," except after "c." A rule that is immediately followed by a metric butt-ton of exceptions: "either," "neither," "weigh," "neighbor," "caffeine," "weird," "protein," "feisty," "conscience" ... and then approximately 10,000 more words. So it's less a rule than a thing that ... just happens, sometimes. Like a tornado."
eric3579I do some of these things wrong. I'm the absolute worst when it comes to grammar. Feel free to let me know when i grammar wrong
I appreciate it (preferably in a private msg). *promote
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Fairbssays...I tried to promote my variation of this rule for awhile which is i before e always; haven't gotten a lot of traction, but it's sure as shit an improvement
"i before e except after c"
I didn't think they taught this anymore, as there are too many exceptions to it.
oritteropoIn my american-english word list (which does have the problem that it includes names and doesn't only list word stems, so it has zanier, zanies, zaniest for instance) the counts are:
At 84% vs 66% correct, your version is clearly better for this word list
I tried to promote my variation of this rule for awhile which is i before e always; haven't gotten a lot of traction, but it's sure as shit an improvement
TheFreakAluminum or aluminium?
I don't know, would wear a ring made out of platinium?
ChaosEngineNo, but I'm wearing one made from Titanium right now.
There's also Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Sodium, Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium, Scandium, Vanadium, Chromium, Gallium, Germanium, Selenium, Rubidium, Strontium, Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Cadmium, Indium, Tellurium, Caesium, Barium, Hafnium, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Thallium, Polonium, Francium, Radium, Actinium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium, Nihonium, Flerovium, Moscovium, Livermorium, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Thorium, Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium,* and Lawrencium.
* oxford comma for life!
Aluminum or aluminium?
I don't know, would wear a ring made out of platinium?
TheFreakAluminium it is. I am fairly convinced.
A piece of me has died. :-p
No, but I'm wearing one made from Titanium right now.
There's also Helium, Lithium, Beryllium, Sodium, Magnesium, Potassium, Calcium, Scandium, Vanadium, Chromium, Gallium, Germanium, Selenium, Rubidium, Strontium, Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Technetium, Ruthenium, Rhodium, Palladium, Cadmium, Indium, Tellurium, Caesium, Barium, Hafnium, Rhenium, Osmium, Iridium, Thallium, Polonium, Francium, Radium, Actinium, Rutherfordium, Dubnium, Seaborgium, Bohrium, Hassium, Meitnerium, Darmstadtium, Roentgenium, Copernicium, Nihonium, Flerovium, Moscovium, Livermorium, Cerium, Praseodymium, Neodymium, Promethium, Samarium, Europium, Gadolinium, Terbium, Dysprosium, Holmium, Erbium, Thulium, Ytterbium, Lutetium, Thorium, Protactinium, Uranium, Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, Curium, Berkelium, Californium, Einsteinium, Fermium, Mendelevium, Nobelium,* and Lawrencium.
* oxford comma for life!
Digitalfiendsays...I'm shocked that the video didn't mention the rampant misuse of the word 'loose' in place of 'lose'.
lucky760Is no one else familiar with the second half of the "i before e" rule of thumb?
Still tons of exceptions with this addendum, but wondering if that second part is not as common as I thought it was.
newtboyI sure learned it with the second half.
Is no one else familiar with the second half of the "i before e" rule of thumb?
Jinxsays...I still spell "weird" wrong all the time because of that i before e bullshit.
Still, I'm glad English is my first language. Really I am truly sorry for anybody that has to pick it up second. Maybe it's not the worst (no/little grammatical gender!) but the hodgepodge of different spellings and pronunciations is awful.
moonsammyPretty good, but I think Al did it better.
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