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  2. I before E except after C - Wikipedia

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    Few common words have the cei spelling handled by the rule: verbs ending -ceive and their derivatives (perceive, deceit, transceiver, receipts, etc.), and ceiling. The BBC trivia show QI claimed there were 923 words spelled cie, 21 times the number of words that conform to the rule's stated exception by being written with cei. [36]

  3. Surface dyslexia - Wikipedia

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    Surface dyslexia is a type of dyslexia, or reading disorder. [1] [2] According to Marshall & Newcombe's (1973) and McCarthy & Warrington's study (1990), patients with this kind of disorder cannot recognize a word as a whole due to the damage of the left parietal or temporal lobe.

  4. Exception that proves the rule - Wikipedia

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    The alternative origin given is that the word "prove" is used in the archaic sense of "test", [3] a reading advocated, for example, by a 1918 Detroit News style guide: The exception proves the rule is a phrase that arises from ignorance, though common to good writers. The original word was preuves, which did not mean proves but tests. [4]

  5. Wikipedia : List of English contractions

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    do not / does not [4] dunno (informal) do not know / don't know d’ye (informal) do you / did you d’ya (informal) do you / did you e’en (poetic) even e’er (poetic) ever ’em (informal) them everybody’s: everybody has / everybody is everyone’s: everyone has / everyone is everything's: everything has / everything is finna (informal ...

  6. List of commonly misused English words - Wikipedia

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    The two words share a common root, but they are not considered interchangeable in Standard English. Because they are homophones, misuse is usually only apparent when observed in writing. Standard: The Netherlands is well known for its elaborate system of levees. Standard: This statute allows the state to levy a 3% tax.

  7. Irregularities and exceptions in Interlingua - Wikipedia

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    like /k/ in words of Greek origin /tʃ/ only in a few words (very rare) /ʃ/ in several words that come from the French cholera, chrome Chile, cochi machine, chef: h /h/ silent silent after r and t: horologio rhetoria: rh /r/ pronounced as the "r" in Spanish caro: rhetorica, rheumatic sh /ʃ/ pronounced as "sh" in English Shakespeare th /t/

  8. List of English words containing Q not followed by U

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    Not all words in this list are acceptable in Scrabble tournament games. Scrabble tournaments around the world use their own sets of words from selected dictionaries that might not contain all the words listed here. Qi is the most commonly played word in Scrabble tournaments, [10] and was added to the official North American word list in 2006. [11]

  9. Hearsay - Wikipedia

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    "Hearsay is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted." [1] Per Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(2)(a), a statement made by a defendant is admissible as evidence only if it is inculpatory; exculpatory statements made to an investigator are hearsay and therefore may not be admitted as ...