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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'.
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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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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