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‘I’ before ‘e’, except after ‘c’


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Most rules in English have exceptions and the ‘I’ before ‘e’, except after ‘c’ rule is no exception (pardon the pun). Hold on…I’m assuming you all know what ‘I’ before ‘e’, except after ‘c’ means, but for those who don’t here goes: Generally words that have an ‘i’ and ‘e’ combination will have it in that order, unless preceded by […]

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The innocence of children


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Kids are so cute and innocent. Here are some funny kids’ notes that I found online. They all have typos in them, but then…that’s part of their charm! Yours in crisp, error-free writing (except just this once!), Jessica xx

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What is a palindrome?


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A palindrome is a word, phrase, number or sequence of symbols that reads exactly the same backwards as it does forwards. Examples of word palindromes are racecar, mom, dad, pop, deed, civic, pip, level, rotor, eye, nun, toot, radar, wow, Hannah. Here are some phrase palindromes: Never odd or even Too bad, I hid a boot Was it Eliot’s toilet […]

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