Rules


'i' before e except after 'c'

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Rules...We do not require any of those malodorous regulations!

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That's not true.

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Give me some examples.

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glacier

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"Oh, that's a French word or something"
-Lucas McCain (a.k.a. The Rifleman)

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Weird
Forfeit
Heist

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There are more examples of i not coming before c , than vice versa - that rule is bullshit

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Apparently, there are 7035 words that do not follow this rule: -
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Category:English_words_not_following_the_I_before_E_except_after_C_rule

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I before E except when your foreign neighbour Keith receives eight counterfeit beige sleighs from feisty caffeinated weightlifters. Weird.

I've seen that on a coffee mug

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I want that mug

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Wait for the airlock to close and pressure to be balanced before opening the hatch into the ship.

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I have never been a situation where Robert's Rules Of Order was a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%27s_Rules_of_Order

Maybe once or twice in my life I skimmed through Hoyle's https://www.amazon.com/s?k=hoyle%27s+book+of+rules&hvadid=77721782562027&hvbmt=be&hvdev=c&hvqmt=e&tag=mh0b-20&ref=pd_sl_9o27okyxn9_e

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