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British Teachers Told To Drop the "i Before e" Rule

by Sandy Maple, Posted Jun 24th 2009 3:00PM

There are 1,100 ways to spell the 44 sounds in the English language. Image: sxc.hu

Recently, while helping my 8-year-old with her homework, I realized that in many ways, learning math is just like learning to spell. Except that math is a heck of ...

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