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Old 01-20-2007, 04:32 PM
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Originally Posted by garyspk View Post
Also, my English teachers in school were WRONG. It ISN'T always "I before E except after C!"
cuz the rest of the saying goes:

or when sounding like a
as in neighbor and weigh


Of course English being English....they are always a TON of exceptions (eg. science)!

What I find really aggravating about the "your" when they mean "you're" is that you see it so often that you can easily start doing it too and have to watch out for it...every time I catch myself doing it (something I NEVER used to) I get aggravated all over again!
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