{"id":22972,"date":"2024-01-05T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/?p=22972"},"modified":"2024-07-16T14:19:32","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:19:32","slug":"i-before-e-except-after-c-rule-and-exceptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/i-before-e-except-after-c-rule-and-exceptions\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;I&#8221; before &#8220;E&#8221; except after &#8220;C&#8221; &#8211; Rule and Exceptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RjjV5HBY0rI?si=QqIoOHtWOcHdvc1b?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/espressoenglish.lpages.co\/free-pdf-ask-the-teacher\/\" class=\"elementor-button large green rounded\"><strong>Download 30 Ask the Teacher lessons<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/english-speaking-courses\/\" class=\"elementor-button large blue rounded\"><strong>Join my courses<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s question is, \u201cTeacher, can you explain the \u2018i before e except after c\u2019 rule?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s a rhyme that English speakers often use to remember whether to spell words with IE or EI, and it goes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I before E except after C, or when sounded as A as in neighbor and weigh.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Let&#8217;s look at the words that follow this rule&#8230; and the exceptions to it!<\/p>\n<h3>&#8220;I&#8221; before &#8220;E&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>These words follow the &#8220;i&#8221; before &#8220;e&#8221; rule. In all of them, IE is pronounced like EE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>achieve<\/li>\n<li>belief<\/li>\n<li>cashier<\/li>\n<li>chief<\/li>\n<li>field<\/li>\n<li>niece<\/li>\n<li>piece<\/li>\n<li>shield<\/li>\n<li>thief<\/li>\n<li>yield<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But we do have some exceptions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>weird<\/li>\n<li>seize<\/li>\n<li>leisure<\/li>\n<li>either\/neither<\/li>\n<li>caffeine<\/li>\n<li>protein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Except after &#8220;C&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p>These words show that when after &#8220;c,&#8221; it is &#8220;e&#8221; before &#8220;i&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ceiling<\/li>\n<li>conceit<\/li>\n<li>deceit<\/li>\n<li>perceive<\/li>\n<li>receipt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But wait! There are exceptions:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the word <strong>species\u00a0<\/strong>(referring to a type of animal)<\/li>\n<li>the word <strong>policies\u00a0<\/strong>(plural of &#8220;policy&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few more common words that end in -cy and become -cies in the plural: <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>pharmacies<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>deficiencies<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>vacancies<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23056\" src=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/i-before-e-examples-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"i before e except after c examples\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/i-before-e-examples-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/i-before-e-examples-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/i-before-e-examples-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.espressoenglish.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/i-before-e-examples.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Or when sounded as &#8220;A&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>When the vowel sounds like &#8220;A&#8221; as in &#8220;day,&#8221; then it is EI:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>neighbor<\/li>\n<li>weigh\/weight<\/li>\n<li>beige<\/li>\n<li>vein<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>IE and EI can have many other sounds as well:<\/h3>\n<p>This is where the rule starts to fall apart, and you just need to remember the spelling of each word individually:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>h<strong>ei<\/strong>ght (rhymes with &#8220;might&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>l<strong>ie\u00a0<\/strong>(rhymes with &#8220;why&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>fr<strong>ie<\/strong>nd (rhymes with &#8220;end&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>for<strong>ei<\/strong>gn (&#8220;eign&#8221; sounds like &#8220;in&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>effic<strong>ie<\/strong>nt (rhymes with &#8220;mint&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>counterf<strong>ei<\/strong>t \/ forf<strong>ei<\/strong>t (last syllable sounds like &#8220;fit&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>glac<strong>ie<\/strong>r (last syllable rhymes with &#8220;her&#8221;)<\/li>\n<li>sc<strong>ie<\/strong>nce (here the &#8220;i&#8221; and the &#8220;e&#8221; are in separate syllables)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The English language is complicated &#8211; there are rules, exceptions, and exceptions to the exceptions! <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m here to help make it clear to you, so you can speak English confidently. 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