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PigeonFart
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The Cosmic Hum
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 Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2011 6:52 am Post subject: Re: "i before e, except after c"... Humorous rejec |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02My7U8JrnY&feature=related
"i before e, except after c"... Humorous rejection of this grammatical rule by comedians on this U.K. TV show. |
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joelove
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| Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:48 pm Post subject: |
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Jingo besus
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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:55 am Post subject: |
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| There's no science to their rule.... |
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PigeonFart
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nathanrutledge
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| Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:20 am Post subject: |
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Too bad that this ignores the whole phonological/morphological rules.
i before e except after c works, IF you know the sounds.
Iciest doesn't fall into this category because it should be "icyest." We just have another rule where y becomes i. If we changed the spelling, then the word is wrong.
All the words that they were showing on the board there ignores the fact that the rule is to be applied to "ie" and "ei" combinations. When you have two syllables coming together that happen to end and begin with these letters, and breaks in the sound, it doesn't apply. |
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