Contrary to popular belief, the rule "I before E except after C" is broken more often than not. There are more exceptions than there are words that follow the rule. It was abolished in 2009.
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the word "before" comes immediately before today in the question. or the letter "e" depending on how literal you chose to be.
In the dictionary? Honest comes before honor. O comes after E. HonEst, HonOr.
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.
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 "i before e except after c" rule is a spelling guideline that states that in English words, the letter 'i' should come before 'e' except after the letter 'c'. However, there are many exceptions to this rule in English language.
I before E except after C
No, V-E Day was first on May 8th, 1945 while V-J Day was September 2nd, 1945.
The English alphabet before the letter "f" includes the letters "a," "b," "c," "d," and "e." The letter "x" does not precede "f" in the alphabet; instead, it follows after "w." Therefore, the letters that come before "f" are "a," "b," "c," "d," and "e."
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.
Because words in English have come from many other languages, the rule "I before E except after C" has many exceptions in both forms.I before E (with C) : Greek-based words like science.E before I (without C) : Germanic-influenced words such as height, weight, weird, forfeit, and others.(see the related questions)*The related link below covers both American and British versions of this curiosity.
the answer is the letter E