Ask the Teacher: "I" before "E" except after "C"?

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Today's question is, "Teacher, can you explain the 'i before e except after c' rule?"

Yes - there's a little rhyme that we often use to remember whether to spell words with IE or EI, and it goes: "I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh."

Let's look at the words that follow this rule… and the exceptions to it!

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⭐ Download FREE PDF - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/

🗨️ Join my courses - https://www.espressoenglish.net/english-speaking-courses/

Good news! Our Ask the Teacher video series is back, I'll be answering a student question every week.

If you want to download 30 of our past "ask the teacher" lessons, they are super short and sweet, and you'll learn a lot - click here and enter your e-mail address to get them all in a PDF.

Today's question is, "Teacher, can you explain the 'i before e except after c' rule?"

Yes - there's a little rhyme that we often use to remember whether to spell words with IE or EI, and it goes: "I before E except after C, or when sounding like A as in neighbor and weigh."

Let's look at the words that follow this rule… and the exceptions to it!

⭐ Download FREE PDF - https://espressoenglish.lpages.co/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher/

2024-01-05 3 min
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