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i before e except after c... but what's the next bit?

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edam · 23/09/2012 20:50

I'm sure someone once posted that there was something more to this rhyme to cope with all the exceptions but I can't remember what it is - anyone know? (ds is doing i before e at school).

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2kidsintow · 27/09/2012 22:24

Our spelling scheme went
I before e except after c, when the sound is "ee"
E before I is always the way, when the sound is "ay"

uhJewel · 17/05/2016 09:13

Use i before e
Except after c

Or when sounded as "EYE" or "AY"
as in Einstein, neighbor, and weigh.

Neither, weird, foreign, leisure,
Seize, forfeit, and height
Are Exceptions spelled right

But don't let the C-I-E-N words get you uptight! Grin

Emmysue · 25/06/2019 00:44

There was more to this rhyme and it had to do with, "the V you spy". I can't remember it---Anyone?

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