'I' Before 'E'

[A-Jay]

Except when your foreign neighbor Keith

receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs

from feisty caffeinated weightlifters. 

A-Jay

 

[BrianMDTX]

I truly remember the mantra from my youth. “I before E except after C, unless sounded like A as in neighbor and weigh”. 
 

It appears to have some wiggle room. 

[BASS302]

@A-Jay,

That's weird.

[throttleplate]

i still dont know what a pronoun is, anyone?

[Kirtley Howe]

The opposite of an amateur noun.

 

[islandbass]

@A-Jay Is that a western haiku? 😂

 

The English language is rich in exceptions to the rule such that many people who learn English can be dazed and confused — but it’s natural to us. 
 

cough

rough

dough

bough

wrought

ghoti  😝

 

@throttleplate  if you genuinely wanted to know, pronoun is a word that takes place of a noun. 😇

 

Without the use of pronouns:

Ex: Sam put on Sam’s shoes before Sam left Sam’s house. Next,  Sam drove to Sam’s friend’s house before going to Sam’s studio where Sam and Sam’s friend worked on recording Sam’s latest song. 
 

The use of the pronouns, him, he, and his eliminates such awful monotony as is illustrated in the paragraph above. 
 

 

[T-Billy]

 

[Tackleholic]

On 4/29/2024 at 12:52 PM, A-Jay said:

Except when your foreign neighbor Keith

receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs

from feisty caffeinated weightlifters. 

A-Jay

 

It must have been a long and cold winter in Michigan.

[throttleplate]

6 hours ago, islandbass said:

@A-Jay Is that a western haiku? 😂

 

The English language is rich in exceptions to the rule such that many people who learn English can be dazed and confused — but it’s natural to us. 
 

cough

rough

dough

bough

wrought

ghoti  😝

 

@throttleplate  if you genuinely wanted to know, pronoun is a word that takes place of a noun. 😇

 

Without the use of pronouns:

Ex: Sam put on Sam’s shoes before Sam left Sam’s house. Next,  Sam drove to Sam’s friend’s house before going to Sam’s studio where Sam and Sam’s friend worked on recording Sam’s latest song. 
 

The use of the pronouns, him, he, and his eliminates such awful monotony as is illustrated in the paragraph above. 
 

 

 

Well this explains why i was held back in the 6th grade.

[J Francho]

Don't get me started on homonyms…

[MN Fisher]

29 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Don't get me started on homonyms…

There, there, John. I'm sure they're not going to get their wits together soon enough.

[12poundbass]

 

[A-Jay]

5 hours ago, T-Billy said:

 

Perhaps ~

But judging by the views & replies

I'm not alone . . . .

A-Jay

[T-Billy]

7 hours ago, A-Jay said:

Perhaps ~

But judging by the views & replies

I'm not alone . . . .

A-Jay

ABSOLUTELY!!! 😁 

[Bird]

English definitely has some loop-holes in it.

Bass guitar 🎸 

Bass fishing 🐠 

 

[J Francho]

It was only a matter of time…

[islandbass]

@J Franchoor palindromes, lol!

 

@throttleplate my middle school grammar teachers (6-8th grade 😥) drilled the living dickens out of us, even made diagram sentences for goodness sake. Gerund? Isn’t that the new boy in Mrs. James’ class? 😉 past participle? Predicate nominative? Wow, maybe English is tough 😂