Friday, March 16, 2012

Grammar rules

This morning, Dad was typing a message to someone and said "I before e except after c." Caleb the said "But that does not apply to all words, like weird and neighbor." So the new grammar rule in our house is "I before e except after c, unless it's your weird neighbor."

3 comments:

  1. That's funny! But...i is after e in both weird and neighbor...I thought it was: 'i BEFORE (sorry, can't italicize anything)e except after c'...or is that part of the joke?

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  2. Yes, Rebekah you are right. It is i before e except after c. Typo.

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  3. Hey there.... I had always heard "I before E, except after C, or when sounding like A as in Neighbor and Weigh........

    isn't it funny how we all have our own little memory tricks?

    Hugs for you!
    jen

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