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I Before E except after C

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‘I’ before‘e’ except after ‘c’ is a common misconception

You have to remember that there are plenty of exceptions:

1. The rule of ‘i’ before ‘e’ in the digraph ‘ie’ works when it makes an ‘ee’sound, such as ‘piece’ and ‘shield.’

2. The rule of ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ such as in the words ‘receive’ and ‘ceiling’ (but there are still exceptions)

3. The rule of ‘e’ before i’ in the digraph ‘ei’ works when it makes a long ‘a’ sound, such as ‘reign’ and ‘vein.’

4. Other words such as ‘weird’ and‘height’ have no specific rules but just need learning!

1. thief
2. grief
3. piece
4. view
5. science
6. receive
7. ceiling
8. reign
9. weight
10. their
11. shield
12. shriek
13. patient
14. friend
15. science
16. receipt
17. deceit
18. foreign
19. freight
20. neither
21. handkerchief
22. glacier
23. medieval
24. obedient
25. sufficient
26. conceited
27. perceived
28. neighbour
29. sovereign
30. protein
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Chris Birch 2011-2018
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