▲ 543 ▼ 'Read' and its past tense are spelled the same. How should they be spelled? (lemmy.world) submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by IncogCyberspaceUser@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 180 comments fedilink hide all child comments What about similar oddities in English? (This question is inspired by this comic by https://www.exocomics.com/193/ (link found by BunScientist@lemmy.zip)) Edit: it's to its in the title. Damn autocorrect.
[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 13 points 10 months ago (1 child) Welcome to english, where rules are actually the exceptions permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago* I before E, except after C! As long as you don't count the word caffeine. Or protein. Or species. Or seize or heinous or leisure or weird or feign or their or reignite or any of the other 923 words that are exceptions to this rule lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 6 points 10 months ago* I before E, except after C! As long as you don't count the word caffeine. Or protein. Or species. Or seize or heinous or leisure or weird or feign or their or reignite or any of the other 923 words that are exceptions to this rule lol. permalink fedilink source parent
