I before e

There are 923 words that break the "i before e" rule. Only 44 words actually follow that rule. This is a picture circulating right now, claiming that a huge majority of the words break the "i bef...

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I found this funny graphic on Facebook, shared by Grammarly.com and created by Simon Taylor. This is #funny. i before e except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbor. The i before e rule is certainly handy but it clearly has a lot of exceptions.

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One of the spelling issues in English that trips people up time and again is I before E and E before I words. Should we really be following the "except after c" rule? Read on to find out.