except after c breaks the i before e rule.
except after c breaks the i before e rule.
what words break the i before e rule?
except after c
"a dictionary of modern english usage" discusses "i before e except after c". henry watson fowler's original 1926 edition called the rule "very useful", restricting it to words with the "long e" sound, stating further that "words in which that sound is not invariable, as "either", "neither", "inveigle", do not come under it", and calling "seize" "an important exception". the entry was retained in ernest gowers's 1965 revision. robert burchfield rewrote it for the 1996 edition, stating 'the rule can helpfully be extended "except when the word is pronounced with "', and giving a longer list of exceptions, including words excluded from fowler's interpretation. robert allen's 2008 pocket edition states, "the traditional spelling rule ' "i" before "e" except after "c" ' should be extended to include the statement 'when the combination is pronounced -ee- '". jeremy butterfield's 2015 edition suggests both "when ... pronounced "-ee-"" and "except when ... pronounced "-ay-"" as extensions to the rhyme, as well as listing various classes of exception.
i before e except after c
kingdomino









































kingdomino is a 2016 board game for 2-4 players designed by bruno cathala and published by blue orange games. in this 15-20 minute, family-oriented game, players build a five by five kingdom of oversized domino-like tiles, making sure as they place each tile that one of its sides connects to a matching terrain type already in play.









































in 2017 "kingdomino" won the spiel des jahres award for the best board game of the year.









































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