View Full Version : The new "i before e" rule
Snaquebite
02-07-2010, 10:36
I got lost halfway through this....
http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/0003-ibeforee.htm
Red Flag 1
02-07-2010, 11:16
Was she reading that, or was it rote?
Spelling has been a lost art for me; lost it in third grade and have yet to find it.
That's why I use spiel check(or is it speil), when I can find it...............
greenberetTFS
02-07-2010, 12:17
Was she reading that, or was it rote?
Spelling has been a lost art for me; lost it in third grade and have yet to find it.
That's why I use spiel check(or is it speil), when I can find it...............
Jim,I beleive your spielly needs improvement.......;)
Big Teddy :munchin
HowardCohodas
02-07-2010, 13:29
It's not the words spelled wrong that get me, it the wrong words that cast the spell.
If you're interested in writing, here's a book that IMO is a good guide.
"Writing Without Teachers" by Peter Elbow
http://digilib.bc.edu/reserves/en010/lind/en01001.pdf
Dozer523
02-07-2010, 17:12
You don't have to put up with that crap in Math.
longrange1947
02-07-2010, 19:51
George, you but need to get good English like me. :D
That is why I downloaded a spell checker that checks every thing I type, to include this. Does not catch form when I mean from though. :mad:
Now my grammar still sucks though. :o
That is why I downloaded a spell checker that checks every thing I type, to include this.
Which program are you referring to?
longrange1947
02-07-2010, 22:06
Caveman, don't remember, found it through Firefox.