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Re: 11 year olds homework
Posted:
Nov 19, 2004 8:13 AM
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In article <Y5end.66607$SW3.54709@fed1read01>,
"Richard Henry" <rphenry@home.com> wrote:
> "Jeremy Boden" <jeremy@jboden.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> <a href="news://ZXVIBaMheUnBFwE3@jboden.demon.co.uk...">news://ZXVIBaMheUnBFwE3@jboden.demon.co.uk...</a>
> > In message <g7udnRfv5YrKiwDcRVn-ug@hamilton.edu>, Rick Decker
> > <rdecker@hamilton.edu> writes
> > >Jeremy Boden wrote:
> > >> In message <f79f061c.0411170535.311cd5db@posting.google.com>, David
> > >>Ames <worldrecord@juno.com> writes
> > ...
> > >>> Another one was to list all the words that are
> > >>> exceptions to the rule concerning the order of "i" and "e." A
> > >>> grade-schooler could think all night and not come up with a single one
> > >>> on his own. Perhaps the teacher had a book and could have looked it
> > >>> up. But there is no excuse for wasting a kid's time, when it is the
> > >>> time in his life for him to be a kid.
> > >> But this is trivial.
> > >> The rule is that "i" precedes "e" except after "c"
> > >>
> > >Glad you weighed in with that.
> >
> > Looks like a better "rule" is needed!
>
> "i" before e, except after c,
> and when sounded like "a",
> as in "neighbor" and "weigh".
> That covers all but a few weird words.
>
>
I didn't know that "height" is a weird word.
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