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Old 20-06-2009, 22:02   #5
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Re: i before e

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Originally Posted by shillelagh View Post
They are telling teachers to stop teaching that phrase saying that its no longer worth teaching ...

BBC NEWS | UK | Education | Schools to rethink 'i before e'

Thats the only one i can remember from my school days ...
Ther are actually more words in the English language with cie than there are cei, of which I can only find 88.

As long as the meaning and understanding is there, what difference does it make.
I once sat an exam, it was supposed to be the markers would be unaware of the person being marked.

I was always getting pulled up for not using , . ' " ; : correctly. So at the bottom of my paper I put if thurs any o them fancy twiddly bits missin, heres some spares, and I put a line of them.

Two days later I was told the examiners had a right chuckle, and one said I know who that is.

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