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Thursday, October 11, 2007

I before E, except after C

"Caffeine."

Discuss.

3 Comments:

  • ... being, seize, protein, either, neither, weird, codeine ...

    By Blogger dl004d, at 10:02 AM  

  • Exceptions to the rule are common in English. In other languages, Spanish, for example, there are so few instances where the rule is not followed that students actually memorize all of the irregulars.

    By Blogger SKBK, at 3:03 PM  

  • It's after C, now isn't it?

    By Blogger Tom Clancy, at 7:25 AM  

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