I before E except after C (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

There’s some exceptions to this so I found a better version. I think it’ll really help out people who are learning English

I before e, except after c
Or when sounded as 'a' as in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'
Unless the 'c' is part of a 'sh' sound as in 'glacier'
Or it appears in comparatives and superlatives like 'fancier'
And also except when the vowels are sounded as 'e' as in 'seize'
Or 'i' as in 'height'
Or also in '-ing' inflections ending in '-e' as in 'cueing'
Or in compound words as in 'albeit'
Or occasionally in technical words with strong etymological links to their parent languages as in 'cuneiform'
Or in other numerous and random exceptions such as 'science', 'forfeit', and 'weird'.

 

[magali]

as a learner, i have never ever understood the i before e except after c rule this is helpful!

 

[Yerichu]

English is one messed up Language

 

[Ahsoka]

as a learner, i have never ever understood the i before e except after c rule this is helpful!

The rule is basically I before e except after c except for most of the time.

 

[Flaneur]

And I still don't understand

 

[Ahsoka]

And I still don't understand

In summary, I before e except after c except in most words in the English language

 

[Flaneur]

In summary, I before e except after c except in most words in the English language

Such a messed up language

 

[Harmony_Starz]

I just learned english when I was a kid and I found the rules strange but didn't question anything, if I was to learn now, I would feed myself to a shark, I'd be so annoyed at all the strange rules and pronunciations

 

[dark_tranquility]

English is I struggled with, though fluent now

when you get to other languages it is harder

 

[Willow]

I say fahncier though Not fencieR

 

[Willow]

I guess it doesn’t work for an English accent

 

[seungfloral]

Just throw the whole thing out

 

[ChiaraStar169]

yeah, English is so messed up lol thank God I'm a native speaker!

 

[Selfmate]

I've said it before

English is a stupid language