However, it takes something out of your going after another's ignorance when you fail to show a basic comprehension of the subject, and leave the distinct impression your information is simply something you gleefully noted during a night of using StumbleUpon.Īt the very least you could try and understand what is written.įor the first part, I quoted my source (the TV program 'QI' from the BBC), it was not something I found on StumbleUpon. In which case, the only exceptions you cited were 'species' and 'seize.' Anyone confused over which comes first in the word 'science' has deeper issues than such as phonics can ever hope to solve.ĭoubtless there are many exceptions to the actual rule, and it is outdated (how one could ever make a coherent rule for a patchwork language such as English is beyond me).

This is without splitting hairs over the fact the understanding for the rule was always that it was only meant to clarify in the case of words where 'I' and 'E' were paired to make a long 'E' sound (ee). Hell, you even cited 'weight' and 'neighbor,' words used in the rule itself, as exceptions. 'seize, weird, theism, eight, weight, protein, sovereignty, foreign, vein, feisty, kaleidoscope, being, neighbour, and their'Įxactly 6 of these 14 'exceptions' actually follow the rule. No offense, but if you wish to correct or admonish someone in a superior tone, and given that the entire rule is 'I before 'E' except after 'C,' or when sounding like 'ae' as in 'neighbor' or 'weigh,'' I'd advise against citing examples of the rule as exceptions:

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