what is the meaning of this..............?

Question

"i before e except after c"
the above is the answer to my spelling qustion. what and how do i apply the above rule. can someone please explain in full. many thanks.

Answer 1

This is called a mnemonic used to help us remember how to spell certain words in the English language. It means that, in words where i and e fall together, the GENERAL rule for order is ie, except directly following c, when it is ei. For example:
ie in words like siege, friend
ei in words like ceiling, receive
However, it must be observed that the rule has many common exceptions, for example:
ie after c: science, sufficient, agencies, financier, efficient
ei not after c: their, foreign, being, neither, weird, vein, seize

Answer 2

When ever you are spelling a word with and ie in you should always put them in that order. Apart from when the word has a letter c beforehand.

So ceiling would have e then i as it begins with a c but field is ie as it does not.
It only applies when it is a long sounding e so does not work with words like sleigh or weigh.
Sometimes it just does not apply at all like in words like caffeine even though that has a long sounding e.

Thinking about it is is a rather silly rule as it does not apply in lots of cases.

Answer 3

The full rule is I before E except after C when the sound is EE.

A typical example of this would be receive

I am not expert just remembering english lessons at school

lol

Answer 4

This refers to the practice of spelling such words as 'pierce', 'fierce', etc where the 'i' comes prior to te 'e'; compared to words like ceiling - where the 'e' precedes the 'i'.
Hope this helps.

Answer 5

for example" i "must be written before "e" in words such as "piece" which as you can see the "ie "is followed by a "c", if the" c "is to be written before the" ie" it should be written "ei", which would make it "cie", but as always there are exeptions such as" receipt"

Answer 6

Examples would be:

I believe in God

I did not receive the package.

Do not deceive your parents.

The dog could not retrieve the stick.

OK??