Comments on: “I” before “E” except after “C” … http://dossy.org/2007/08/i-before-e-except-after-c/ Everything that comes out of Dossy, from the strange to the banal. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 03:30:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dossy http://dossy.org/2007/08/i-before-e-except-after-c/comment-page-1/#comment-754 Dossy Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:54:49 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000492.html#comment-754 Joe: Yeah, you're right, it should be "weigh" ... which makes the sentence seem even more bizarre than it already is. :-) Joe: Yeah, you’re right, it should be “weigh” … which makes the sentence seem even more bizarre than it already is. :-)

]]> By: Dossy http://dossy.org/2007/08/i-before-e-except-after-c/comment-page-1/#comment-753 Dossy Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:34:22 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000492.html#comment-753 So, knowing the "I before E except after C" thing vs. arbitrarily guessing--which yields a 50% chance of being right, which is equivalent to "I before E except after C" being right half the time--doesn't really help. I suspect that most common words, the 300-400 that are in the typical average person's limited vocabulary, do follow the "I before E except after C" hint. So, knowing the “I before E except after C” thing vs. arbitrarily guessing–which yields a 50% chance of being right, which is equivalent to “I before E except after C” being right half the time–doesn’t really help.

I suspect that most common words, the 300-400 that are in the typical average person’s limited vocabulary, do follow the “I before E except after C” hint.

]]> By: Joe Grossberg http://dossy.org/2007/08/i-before-e-except-after-c/comment-page-1/#comment-752 Joe Grossberg Tue, 21 Aug 2007 13:12:56 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000492.html#comment-752 You mean "weigh", not "weighs", since "inadequacies" is a plural subject. You mean “weigh”, not “weighs”, since “inadequacies” is a plural subject.

]]> By: jananaphone http://dossy.org/2007/08/i-before-e-except-after-c/comment-page-1/#comment-751 jananaphone Tue, 21 Aug 2007 03:51:46 +0000 http://dossy.org/archives/000492.html#comment-751 It's accurate, if I'm not mistaken, roughly half of the time. Though I wouldn't really use "inadequacies" as an example, seeing as it's only a pluralisation of "inadequacy." It’s accurate, if I’m not mistaken, roughly half of the time. Though I wouldn’t really use “inadequacies” as an example, seeing as it’s only a pluralisation of “inadequacy.”

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