Ask the Teacher: "I" before "E" except after "C"?

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English - January 05, 2024 14:00 - 3 minutes - 3.63 MB - ★★★★★ - 355 ratings
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Today’s question is, “Teacher, can you explain the ‘i before e except after c’ rule?”

Yes - there’s a little rhyme that we often use to remember whether to spell words with IE or EI, and it goes: “I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh.”

Let’s look at the words that follow this rule… and the exceptions to it!

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