Just in case the OP is given an short elementary spelling education
LOL Impossible for English. I really think all English teachers and majors are trolls. Tell me where the hell is the r in colonel?
There are actually more exceptions to the "i before e except after c" rule than their are words that fit. Read that sentence twice.
These two words are spelt exactly the same, "wound" and "wound", now tell me which one did I write first in this sentence?
wound as in as stab wound or wound as in wound the bandage around his arm? You cant tell unless i tell you.
English reminds me of games I used to play with my little brother. Like a 4 year old invented it who was mad he kept losing so he changed the rules every chance he got to make sure he wins.
"to make possessive just add 's"
cool that is easy
"well except if it ends in an S then you just add an approstophe"
er.. ok that isnt too bad I got that.
"well then their are words like It, they, we, I, he, she and such for them possessive....."
nah I got it, to make it possessive it is just It's.. right?
"quit interrupting and no, to make it possessive it is 'its'"
isnt that plural?
? oh well I'm sure I have seen it's..whats up?
"no it is not plural.. that is a contraction between it and is"
ok I got it add 's for most words just add an ' if the word ends in S and if it is a pronoun just add the S.. right? and whats the plural of it? itsss?
"No, you stupid fool! English is easy, why are you making it hard? The plural of it is 'them' or 'they' and no you dont add an S to all pronouns to make them possessive, for they you make it 'their', for she, you make it 'her' and for he, you make it 'his'..."
so what is possessive for we? wiz?
"NO!!!! it is 'our'"
Ok i give up and that was just possessives. One day English is going to have to bite the bullet, like the germans did, and clean up the mess left behind by English's organic growth.
It actually holds back the future. One of the reasons why google transcripts is soo funny, is because english is actually very messy. WE are just used to the mess as we have been using it since we could speak. It doesnt change that fact that the language has little logic behind it and the rules have too many exceptions, and spelling is just a joke.
