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| − | <blockquote>"i" before "e", except after "c", or when sounded as "ay", as in "neighbor" and "weigh". And "weird" is just "weird". | + | <blockquote>"i" before "e", except after "c", or when sounded as "ay", as in "neighbor" and "weigh". And "weird" is just "weird".</blockquote> |
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| + | == The rare exceptions == | ||
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| + | *weird (as above) | ||
| + | *neither | ||
| + | *leisure | ||
| + | *height | ||
| + | *caffeine | ||
| + | *foreign | ||
| + | *heifer | ||
| + | *forfeiture | ||
| + | *the "cien" endings: ancient, efficient, sufficient, and conscience | ||
[[category:education]] | [[category:education]] | ||
[[category:phonics]] | [[category:phonics]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:39, May 25, 2023
Phonetic spelling takes advantage of the insights of phonics to correctly spell most words.
A helpful poem is this:
"i" before "e", except after "c", or when sounded as "ay", as in "neighbor" and "weigh". And "weird" is just "weird".
The rare exceptions
- weird (as above)
- neither
- leisure
- height
- caffeine
- foreign
- heifer
- forfeiture
- the "cien" endings: ancient, efficient, sufficient, and conscience