To: bannie
Ah yes, and don't forget:
I after E except before C, and E before N in 'chicken'.
Hens "lay" and people "lie".
8 posted on
04/30/2003 6:27:31 PM PDT by
yankeedame
("Born with the gift of laughter and a sense that the world was mad.")
To: yankeedame
I after E except before C, and E before N in 'chicken'. For every time I've seen someone write 'chickne' I'll give you a nickle.
<]B^)
12 posted on
04/30/2003 6:35:02 PM PDT by
Erasmus
To: yankeedame
Yes, but bill lies after he lays.
13 posted on
04/30/2003 6:36:59 PM PDT by
pipecorp
To: yankeedame
Hens "lay" and people "lie". Here's how I remember the rule:
He: "Let's lie together." She: "OK. I love you and will be true to you forever. Your turn."
19 posted on
04/30/2003 6:41:32 PM PDT by
Erasmus
To: yankeedame
Hens "lay" and people "lie".
This is true in the present tense. Last week my wife fell and broke her ankle. She LAY on the ground for five minutes before someone came along and found her.
The hen LAID one egg every day last week.
To: yankeedame
I after E except before Cnonono!!!
"i" before "e," except after "c"...unless sounding like "A," as in "neighbor" and "weigh."
With the exceptions of "neither," "either," "seize," "weird," "leisure"
149 posted on
04/30/2003 8:22:34 PM PDT by
bannie
(Carrying the burdon of being a poor speller--mixed with the curse of verbosity)
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