Only the exceptionless ie-to-y rule demonstrated efficiency, with 13 of 16 collegians citing and applying it correctly¶

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q2 i? The rule for words in ie substituting y before ing, which applies to a class of words without exception, was cited and applied correctly by 13 of the 16 collegians who used it consciously, and the author judges it the only tested rule that demonstrated its efficiency. → Cook 1917

Evidence¶

Cook 1917¶

Cook, W. A. (1917). Shall we teach spelling by rule? The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Shall+we+teach+spelling+by+rule%22

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University results for the last two words of the list, governed by the exceptionless ie-to-y rule; the author reports academy students who had sometime learned it showed practically an equal advantage but were less successful in applying it, though four quoted it correctly.

"Thirteen of the 16 collegians who used it consciously, cited and applied it correctly."

Discussion¶

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