The new "i before e" rule

[Snaquebite]

I got lost halfway through this....

http://www.merriam-webster.com/video/0003-ibeforee.htm

[Red Flag 1]

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]

Originally Posted by Red Flag 1

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

It's not the words spelled wrong that get me, it the wrong words that cast the spell.

[LarryW]

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]

You don't have to put up with that crap in Math.

[longrange1947]

George, you but need to get good English like me.

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.

Now my grammar still sucks though.