2007-11-25 18:31:38 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
This rule does not apply to ALL words.
It is merely a guideline for young people (primary years) to help them with some more difficult words(which DO use this rule)
It does work for the majority of words however.
2007-11-25 18:36:12 · answer #1 · answered by KATTSTILIOPIA 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sweetie..you must have forgotten the entire rule
*achem*
It is i before e except after c or whenever the hell the English language feels like putting it in whatever way it wants
2007-11-26 02:46:11 · answer #2 · answered by Princess Purple 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
i before e
except after c
or when sounding like a
as in neighbor and weigh
there are a lot of exceptions to these "rules" After all, rules are meant to be broken.
2007-11-26 02:36:29 · answer #3 · answered by Amanda 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
yea i've always thought that's a dumb rule because there are many exceptions. and it messed peopke up. a lot of people spell weird "wierd" and that's just wrong. damn that rule. don't listen to it
2007-11-26 02:35:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Yep. So much for all the braniacs who are giving us all our information on the meaning of life....they can't even spell their own occupations correctly.
2007-11-26 02:45:51 · answer #5 · answered by LolaCorolla 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
yup, but the English language is just screwy that way
2007-11-26 04:16:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
SO who do we talk to about correcting that?
2007-11-26 02:34:46 · answer #7 · answered by staymay 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
i dont believe in that statement
i use to
but words like
'weird'
and
'their'
there are many other words.
2007-11-26 02:35:32 · answer #8 · answered by mh.shine 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
it needs to be corrected
2007-11-27 01:55:58 · answer #9 · answered by 2bit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And Einstein......Hello? That is a stupid rule.
2007-11-26 02:37:09 · answer #10 · answered by Novella (again) 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋