English Spelling --- -IE or -EI


Rule:

Write I before E

Except after C

Or when it sounds like an A

As in "neighbor" and "weigh"

Examples: -i before -e:
  1. diesel
  2. relief
  3. believe
  4. niece
  5. chief
  6. sieve
  7. frieze
  8. field
  9. yield
Examples: -e before -i:
  1. receive
  2. deceive
  3. ceiling
  4. conceit
  5. vein
  6. sleigh
  7. freight
  8. eight
Exceptions:
  1. seize
  2. either
  3. weird
  4. height
  5. foreign
  6. leisure
  7. conscience
  8. counterfeit
  9. forfeit
  10. neither
  11. science
  12. species
  13. sufficient

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