What do you mean “Exceptional Case” and its importance?
By sri
@gamyam (530)
Hyderabad, India
October 26, 2015 4:52am CST
Exceptional case means anti rule [opposite to rules] which doesn’t have any explanation.
As it is created in English has to be learnt and put in over regular usage.
It is one of the most important parts in English where often people commit mistakes and it is frequently asked in all competitive exams [i.e. from High School standard to International standard like TOFEL, IELTS]
What are remaining other main points about this case?.....
1 response
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
26 Oct 15
'Exceptional' means 'unusual, something out of the ordinary, only likely to happen very infrequently'. It does not always have the same meaning as 'opposite to' or 'against the rules'. 'Case' here is used with the meaning of 'a single instance, occurrence, or example of something'.
In spelling there is a 'rule': "I before E except after C" The words 'concierge' and 'reign' are exceptions to this rule because they are examples of words which are 'out of the ordinary' and are not spelled according to the general rule. They are 'exceptional cases'.
