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- Why are there exceptions for the i before e except after c rule?
The exceptions such as"foreign" and "weird" seem abnormal to me because most of the rest of the ie or ei words follow the i before e rule They don't have a "c" Why does that happen?
- orthography - Why is it true that I before E, except after C . . .
The largest section of exceptions to the full rule, "I before E, except after C, or when sounded like 'ay', as in 'neighbor' or 'weigh'", is when "ie" or "ei" is not a digraph, but instead a diphthong The word "science", and its various derived words, do not have their "ie" pronounced as long "e" OR long a; it's two elisioned sounds, "eye-eh"
- What constitutes humor on this i before e coffee mug text?
28 "i before e except after c"* is a spelling "rule" that many people remember from school or just because it's often repeated It refers to words like "p ie ce" to help people remember the "ie" order, and words like "con cei ve," where the "e" follows a "c" and is before the "i", like some similar words But there are many exceptions to the
- What words have “‑ei‑” (except in “‑cei‑”) pronounced [i:]?
I've never heard of that rule - only "I before E except after C", which has so many exceptions it's almost useless
- orthography - Patterns for words with iev and eiv - English . . .
The rote saying "i before e except after c" is no longer taught in British schools as there are over 900 exceptions and these exceptions outnumber those that conform to the rule by 75%
- metaphors - Similes that do not make use of like or as - English . . .
Think of it the same as adverbs ending in "-ly" or 'i' coming before 'e' except after 'c ' There will be exceptions To paraphrase Dave Chappelle as Rick James: English is a helluva language Short answer: Yes, there are numerous ways to have a simile without "like" or "as " Saying something is "similar to" something else comes to mind
- Punctuation with units - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
As a side note, the currency unit in the European countries I know is written after the value, usually with the abbreviation symbol (i e 12€ or 12 zł, as opposed to €12 or 12 PLN) The exception is the UK (£12)
- orthography - Beyond i before e, except after c! - English Language . . .
The answer is r, largely due to productive prefixes like re- and pre- Per the OED, words with a letter followed by ei occur with this frequency for each such letter: 981 r 586 l 518 h 478 w 394 s 366 c 349 v 341 n 315 t 224 d 149 m 145 f 140 b 139 e 124 p 114 g 81 o 73 k 67 u 51 a 50 y 24 i 19 z 4 j 2 x This includes words like reification, reillumination, reimpregnation as well ones like
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