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[–] bstix@feddit.dk 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Statistically the rule is true.

Especially when including the entire rule, which includes all the exceptions:

https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2013/11/07/i-before-e/#:~:text=How%20well%20does%20the%20spelling,holds%2054%25%20of%20the%20time.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

i before e, except after c,

or when sounded as a, as in ‘neighbor’ and ‘weigh’,

or when it appears in comparatives and superlatives like ‘fancier’,

or when the c sounds as sh as in ‘glacier’,

or when the vowel sounds like ee as in ‘seize’

or i as in ‘height’,

or when it shows up in compound words such as ‘albeit’,

or when it shows up in –ing inflections of verbs that end in e, like queueing,

or occasionally in technical words that have a strong etymological link to their parent languages such as ‘cuneiform’ and ‘caffeine’, and in numerous other random exceptions such as ‘science’, ‘forfeit’, and ‘weird.’

See, simple

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I before e, except after c, or when sounding like a, as in "neighbor" or "weigh", and on weekends and holidays and all throughout May, and you'll always be wrong no matter what you say!

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is like trying to remember poetry to determine if a snake is venomous.

Is it red on black, friend of Jack? Red on black, you're dead Jack!? Black on red, right said Fred? Black on red, you're so dead!? Red on yellow kills a fellow! Or red on yellow, friendly fellow!?

I'm good at rhyming and bad at remembering things, so I'd just die.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

beer before wine you'll feel fine

wine before beer you'll feel fine

mix wine and liquor you'll feel fine

mix beer and liquor you'll feel fine

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm in love with her and I feel fine.

[–] SPRUNT@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine.