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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 12:22 pm
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believe
"I before e except after c"
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 12:24 pm
(July 6, 2014 at 11:39 am)SteelCurtain Wrote: I second guess myself with believe and receive all the time. Even with the stupid i before e rule.
That i before e rule is useless. Too many exceptions to it.
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 12:25 pm
I was enumerating for the benefit of those who weren't aware of it. 
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 12:26 pm
(July 6, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Rhythm Wrote: believe
"I before e except after c"
'science', according to that idiotic rule, should be 'sceince'.
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 12:29 pm
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Quote:Words of Latin origin with a root ending in c(i) followed by a suffix or inflexion starting in (i)e; such as
fac or fic "do; make" (efficient, stupefacient, etc.)
soc "sharing; kin" (society)
sci "know" (science, prescient, etc.)
Others: ancient, concierge, glacier
B-mine
If anyone wondered why.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_E_except_after_C
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 1:26 pm
So far as I can tell, the i before e rule works in every case where the ie or ei is pronounced ee. At least, I can't think of any exceptions.
Might pet hate, which occurs all too commonly in speech also, is could of/would of.
Could've -> Could have
Would've -> Would have
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 1:48 pm
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should've, shall, shan't, hasn't, hadn't, and won't...lol
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 6:00 pm
(July 6, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Rhythm Wrote: believe
"I before e except after c"
Neighbor, sleigh, weight... 
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 6:03 pm
(July 6, 2014 at 6:00 pm)GalacticBusDriver Wrote: (July 6, 2014 at 12:22 pm)Rhythm Wrote: believe
"I before e except after c"
Neighbor, sleigh, weight... Ah but it's different when there's a gh after ie or ei. That rule has so many exceptions.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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RE: common speeling errors
July 6, 2014 at 6:09 pm
What do we expect from a bastard language?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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