No. The word society is from the Latin form societ, meaning fellowship.
Because of their origins, words such as science, and society, and ceiling, do not follow the general rule of "I before E except after C."
the word "before" comes immediately before today in the question. or the letter "e" depending on how literal you chose to be.
The word is before.
The word "caterpillar" comes first in the dictionary. In alphabetical order, "caterpillar" begins with "cat," while "category" starts with "cat," but the following letters "e" in "caterpillar" come before "e" in "category." Thus, "caterpillar" is listed before "category."
g ~ come Genova r ~ come Roma a ~ come Ancona z ~ come Zanzibar i ~ come Imola e ~ come Empoli
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I believe it should be 'i' before 'e'. You are presenting a distorted version of a spelling rule, i before e except after c; this applies to words such as receipt, believe, and so forth. It also has exceptions, such as weird. Even though it does not come after a c, the e is before the i in the word weird. There are some others, as well. English spelling is complicated.
evening before
The rule is: "i" before "e" except after "c" and when sounding like "a" as in "neighbor" or "weigh." "Their" is pronounced as "thayr," so "i" is not before "e."
You should use a before a word starting with a consanant (not a,e,i,o,u), and use an before a word starting with a vowel(a,e,i,o,u).
In alphabetical order, "mesquite" comes before "mural" because the word "mesquite" begins with the letter "m" followed by "e" which comes before "u" (the second letter in "mural") when organizing words alphabetically.
No. It has a short E sound as in bet and stretch.
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