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When the sound is a long "e" (as in
feed), write "i" before "e", except
after "c". After "c" reverse the spelling ("ei"):
- After other letters
- believe, yield, reprieve
- After c
- ceiling, perceive, conceit
The problem with this rule is that it works only when
"ei"/"ie" sounds like the "ee" in
feet. If it has any other sound, you should
write "ei" even after letters other than "c":
- foreign, vein, freight
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