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"I" before "E", except after "C". And...


Ieyasu Tokugawa

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[quote name='Dark' timestamp='1298064657' post='5017035']
[i]Discuss gramatical exceptions.[/i]

I think you already used one. You thought it was spelled "gramatical" and not "gram[b]m[/b]atical".

Good for you!
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No, that was just me mispelling the word. I meant discuss rules that don't follow gramatical rules, like "science" not following the "i" before "e" rule.
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"i" before "e"
except after "c"
and when sounding like "a"
as in "neighbor" and "weigh"
and on weekends, and holidays
and all throughout may
and you'll always be wrong
no matter what you say! ;D

*shot*

OT - Can't really think of anything, but rules were made to be broken.
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[quote name='The Holly and the Ivy' timestamp='1298487244' post='5029265']
[size="7"]THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS THE "I" BEFORE "E" RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![/size]

There are more exceptions to the rule than there are words that follow it so they stopped teaching it.

That looked more aggressive than I meant it to be...
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There is such a rule. It's just one that is wrong over half the time yet they still teach it to grade schoolers.
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