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I forgot the rest of that phrase: “i before e . . . except after c? If that’s it, the words in the frame don’t fit. The example given in class was receive. Right?
Other languages have rules; English has exceptions.
I am so grateful I learned English the easy way.
Only an atheist would be weird enough to perceive that.
LOL …and those of us born in the last century…. that’s laugh out loud aka that’s funny.
As writers will sometimes do, I didn’t proofread until after I hit post. Should be and for those ……
Oh, man.
I forgot the rest of that phrase: “i before e . . . except after c? If that’s it, the words in the frame don’t fit. The example given in class was receive. Right?
“I” before “e” except after “c,” or as sound like “a” as in “neighbor” and “weigh.”
Loved it! I would say “out of the mouths of babes” but it doesn’t seem appropriate. Too funny!
You mean, out of the mouth of beighbs?
I needed a good laugh this morning! Thanks
Brilliant! Isn’t English grand?
An exercise after my own heart. Loved it!