“I before E except after C”
Except for:
Neighbor
Leisure
Weigh
Forfeit
Seize
Height
Albeit
Weird
Science
Fancier
Glacier
And many, many more
Cactus is a singular noun ending in ‘us’. Its plural is ‘cactii’.
Bus is a singular noun ending in ‘us’. Its plural is ‘buses’ because FUCK YOU THAT’S WHY.
Let’s not even talk about possessive apostrophes when dealing with nouns that end in ‘s’.
Was it James’ birthday party, or James’s birthday party? Ross’ meth lab, or Ross’s meth lab?
Last I heard (not sure if this is still accurate) the Oxford Dictionary and the New York Times style guides give different answers here.
I remebr fucking with a tech support guy on the phone who needed me to give the key code of something and I read it to him like.
“That’s ‘P’ as in pheromones”
“O as in oestrogen”
“G as in Gnome”
“W as in wrap”
Effect and affect. Inquired and enquired
Dough and through
pony and bologna
queue