SPELLING RULES (3)


SPELLING RULES (3)
          Spelling Rule No. 3:
What we would discuss as Spelling Rule No. 3 is the rule says that "I before E, except after C or where "ei" makes the long "a" sound such as in neighbour, weigh, and beige".   This rule is also called Mnemonic Rule of Thumb for English spelling.  If one is not sure whether a word is spelt with the sequence ei or ie, the rhyme suggests that the correct order is ie unless the preceding letter is ‘c’ or has a long sound of ‘a’ (especially near the beginning), in which case it is ei.

‘I’ BEFORE ‘E’ WORDS
There are over 14,000 (Fourteen Thousand) words which obey the ‘ie’ rule.  Let us now look at some examples:
Yield
Field
Efficiency
Efficient
Acquiesce
Adieu
Abilities
Aerie
Afield
Beauties
Aggie
Beautifiers
Agencies
Alien
Alienate
Amenities
Potentialities
Amplified
Amplifier
Ancient
Angrier
Anomies
Anomalies
Batteries
Artier
Audience
Aunties
Audacities
Babies
Aviaries
Baggie
Barrier
Battlefield
Befriend
Beefier
Flies
‘E’ BEFORE ‘I’ WORDS
There are over 3,000 (Three Thousand) words which obey the ‘e’ before ‘i’ rule.  Let us look at the following examples:
Eight
Feign
Freight
Neigh
Neighbour
Perceive
Receive
Weigh
Weight
Sheik
Veil
Beige
Heir
Sleigh
Vein
Reign
Sleight 
Sovereign
Species
Stein
Surfeit
Surveillance
Heifer
Height
Heinous
Deify

Deign

Obeisance

Protein

Weird







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