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I was taught 'i' before 'e' except after 'c' or when sounding like "neighbor" or "weigh".
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There is an even more important exception I learned in my college days:
Budweiser
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ensure, sushi. insure is only when you're talking about property or money.
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Sure, I know that before you receive a driver's license, you must ensure that your car is insured. But before you receive insurance, you must assure the company that you have a driver's licence. How, then, does one assure licensure without ensuring insurance?
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Ah Peter.
Refreshingly funny humour for my short afternoon of reprieve.
Much obliged.
"Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."
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In reply to:
but, is it two fish, or two fishes, or would that be to fishes, or was it too fishes?
Goose, geese, moose, meese?
The english language has got to be one of the toughest languages on the face of the earth.
"Those who preach the myths of audio are ignorant of truth."
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Even so, I think people who learn English as a second language relatively early in life (like me ) seem to have a better grasp on it than many native speakers.
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Yeah, an extra proofreading would insure that the glasses of wine were not effecting your writing.
Peter, I wrote the above as an example of typical mistakes (read my first post in this thread). In fact, my example contains another common one: "effect" should be "affect." Did I do it too subtly? -- sorry forgot to type in a smiley...
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Oops. My eyes must knot be working write today.
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I didn't catch the first one (not reading closely enough!). The second was what made me want to slam my head against the monitor.
Here's another great cartoon by the same dude http://www.angryflower.com
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