I Before E Except After C Rhyme

Ie in believe fierce collie die friend ei after c in receive ceiling receipt ceilidh the rule is very well known.

As in neighbor or weigh. Nice try but it s still full of exceptions. The rule is sometimes tau. I before e except after c or when sounded as a as in neighbor and weigh.

I before e except after c or when sounding like a. Exception to i before e rule. If one is not sure whether a word is spelled with the digraph ei or ie the rhyme suggests that the correct order is ie unless the preceding letter is c in which case it is ei. I before e except after c or when sounded as a as in neighbor and weigh unless the c is part of a sh sound as in glacier.

The answer lies in the jingle. Edward carney calls it this supreme and for many people solitary spelling rule. I before e except after c but not in eight or protein or efficient or glacier or. Even the one general rule that most people remember from school is not a very good rule at all.

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I before e except after c or when pronounced ay as in neighbor. In fact the full rhyme typically goes like this. This jingle is memorable because it rhymes and it s a great way to remember an important spelling.