2006-12-11 14:51:48 · 12 answers · asked by student network noob 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
thanks folks
2006-12-11 14:55:14 · update #1
or in sounding like "a", as in neighbor or weigh.
2006-12-11 14:53:48 · answer #1 · answered by Jess H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This old schoolroom spelling rule is supposed to help remember
the spelling of vowels pronounced /i:/, the long "e" sound of "feed".
It has no value for words where the vowel is pronounced in any other
way, the key fact which people bemused by many "exceptions" to the
rule usually do not realise. A version often cited in the U.K.
makes the restriction clear:
When the sound is /i:/,
it's I before E
except after C.
A common U.S. version:
...
or when pronounced /eI/
as in "neighbour" and "weigh".
2006-12-11 14:55:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless pronounced "A" as in neighbor and weigh.
For some reason I never knew that second half for years and years.
2006-12-11 14:54:09 · answer #3 · answered by Neil-Rob 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If memory serves Me correctly, there are two similar rules, one for use in U.S. schools, and the other for "English" language countries. Which one are you after?
2006-12-11 15:04:34 · answer #4 · answered by Ashleigh 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
unless it has a long a like in neighbor or weigh
2006-12-11 14:55:35 · answer #5 · answered by julie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
with the exception of neighbor and weigh
(that's right, right? now I'm questioning myself) : )
2006-12-11 14:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by Joannie W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
or when sounded like a as in neighbor or weigh.
2006-12-11 14:53:44 · answer #7 · answered by kelly 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
or when breaking some other rule as English tends to do...
height, deity, seize.....
that rule is only somewhat useful
2006-12-11 14:57:08 · answer #8 · answered by Princess Purple 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
or as spelled in "ei" like "neighbor" and "weigh".
2006-12-11 14:57:06 · answer #9 · answered by HelloHello 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and in weird, w.e.i.r.d.
2006-12-11 14:54:23 · answer #10 · answered by winged phallus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋