Signs of the Times

[Outta Here]

It's the end of the world as we know it!

British government spells end of ‘i before e’ rule

[GreatLakesGramma]

I disagree with them. We were taught that the rule was for syllables with the long e vowel sound only. The other words they mentioned don't come into that category. The rule still works all the time the way I learned it.

[phkrause]

I have no problem with that. I didn't understand it anyway. hahahahaha

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[rudywoofs (Pam)]

I disagree with them. We were taught that the rule was for syllables with the long e vowel sound only. The other words they mentioned don't come into that category. The rule still works all the time the way I learned it.

That's how I was taught also... and you're right, GLG- it still works the way we learned it!

[carolaa]

Did anyone else learn their vowels like this: a, e, i, o, u, sometimes y and w?

[Liz]

I learned---a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y

Then when I was teaching my son how to read, the w had been added.

[Bravus]

"I before e, except after c, when the sound is 'e'" - that's the way I learned it, which I think covers all cases.

[carolaa]

I learned---a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y

Then when I was teaching my son how to read, the w had been added.

It was about 1968 that I learned it with y and w.

[carolaa]

"I before e, except after c, when the sound is 'e'" - that's the way I learned it, which I think covers all cases.

Here's how I learned it:

I before e except after c, or when sounding like ay as in neighbor or weigh.

[carolaa]

Here's another one I found on wikipedia:

I before E except after C or before R; but don't forget Rule number three: E before I after G

My head is starting to spin now....

[LifeHiscost]

"I before e, except after c, when the sound is 'e'" - that's the way I learned it, which I think covers all cases.

"I before E, except after c, and words such as neighbor or weigh."

Always worked for me. And if I put it up wrong, it looks so wrong, I immediately change it.

According to the best information I have, when Jesus healed people who had different debilitating problems, He needed to heal their minds at the same time so they could function well with the new physical equipment. Dislexia is an example of that need.

That is reflected in the changes of science thought processes. Everytime there is a major shift in scientific thought, that somebody presents who is ahead of their time, it takes about 40 years before the general public becomes willing to accept the conclusions, no matter how reasonable it might be.

That's the reason why the world was thought to be flat for so many years, even when the bible proclaimed the circle of the earth. And since it was religious leaders who declared the earth to be flat, and they were supposedly thought to be speaking for God, it took centuries before the circle of the earth was accepted.

Another good reason to search the Word for ourselves and make our first dependence on God's guidance through His Holy Spirit.

"It is He who sits above the circle of the earth, And its inhabitants are like grasshoppers, Who stretches out the heavens like a curtain, And spreads them out like a tent to dwell in." Isaiah 40:22 NKJV

"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding." Proverbs 3:5

KJV

Bet you never thought you'd get that much out of "Signs of the Times".

Blessings!

[GreatLakesGramma]

I never heard of w ever being considered a vowel. Can someone who learned it that way please give an example of a word in which it is considered one?

[carolaa]

I never heard of w ever being considered a vowel. Can someone who learned it that way please give an example of a word in which it is considered one?

As I remember it, it has to do with being linked with another vowel, giving it a different sound than it would normally have. Such as "now" or "dawn."