zedgeist@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 12 hours agoWorst rule everlemmy.worldimagemessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1329
arrow-up1329imageWorst rule everlemmy.worldzedgeist@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 12 hours agomessage-square22fedilink
minus-squarecosmicpancake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·edit-211 hours agoThis “rule” is a crime against teaching. It pretends to be helpful but mostly just tattoos misinformation on mugs and confuses kids. Weird, neighbor, weigh, seize, caffeine, leisure, height… English has so many exceptions.
This “rule” is a crime against teaching. It pretends to be helpful but mostly just tattoos misinformation on mugs and confuses kids. Weird, neighbor, weigh, seize, caffeine, leisure, height… English has so many exceptions.