2007-06-25 05:33:12 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I constant ly mis spel it
2007-06-25 05:33:48 · update #1
Hick ...has no sense of humor and needs to go back to bed....
2007-06-25 05:39:20 · update #2
RAVEN....You see the light...I think we should start a movement to abolish the I before E rule.....We should start it right here...We're all a part of history being made!
A great scolar once said: anyone who can not spell a word more than one way, lacks creativity!
2007-06-25 05:48:28 · update #3
I'm SO glad you brought this up.
We must put a stop to it.
It's a slippery slope....next thing you know people will spell words any darned way they want to, and next they'll be marrying their sisters or barnyard animals or any other kind of perverse thing!
DANGER!! DANGER, Will Robinson!
2007-06-25 05:41:32 · answer #1 · answered by Raven's Voice 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
"ism" as a suffix supercedes the rule, since it's a separate syllable
the rule only applies when the two vowels constitute one syllable and create a monophonic "ee" sound. When the two form a dipthong (two vowel sounds made one right after the other), the rule doesn't apply at all.
2007-06-25 12:43:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answering
2007-06-25 12:36:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Write I before E
Except after C
Or when it sounds like an A
As in "neighbor" and "weigh"
Theos in Greek is pronouned thay-os. The A softens it, but the root word still sounds like neighbor and weigh.
2007-06-25 13:13:59 · answer #4 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That rule is for the English language. "Theos" is of Greek origin. Atheism (A - Theos, "Without God(s)") is merely an Anglocized Greek word, so it doesn't go by English rules.
2007-06-25 12:38:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Use "i" before "e" except after "c" except when sounded as "a" as in "neighbor" and "weigh," but their, weird, either, neither, leisure, forfeit, height and others are exceptions all spelled right.
The rule for atheism is that you've got to watch those "isms."
I'm kidding!!!
2007-06-25 12:44:13 · answer #6 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The e and the i are separated by a syllable. The word itself is actually three words combined.
A - Not
The (o) - God
Ism - Belief in, or acceptance of
2007-06-25 12:39:56 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How long have you been speaking English? There are exceptions to every rule.
2007-06-25 12:41:09 · answer #8 · answered by atheist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theism, Atheism, Pantheism, monotheism, etc..
It's all the theists fault.. or that damned "exception that proves the rule" thing in spelling..take your pick ;)
2007-06-25 12:36:35 · answer #9 · answered by Kallan 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
There are exceptions to every rule. "The 'I' before 'E' except after 'C' and sometimes" rule is applicable only to words such as conceive, perceive, believe, conceit, etc.
2007-06-25 12:38:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋