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At its best, English spelling can beperplexing, especially for non-nativespeakers and writers. The following rulesand suggestions are offered as aids. Youwill always be able to find exceptions tothese rules, but most writers find themhelpful.
 
 
i 
  before 
e 
 , except after 
c 
  . . . .
achieve, believe, bier, brief, hygiene, grief, thief, friend, grieve, chief, f iend, patience, pierce, priest ceiling, conceive, deceive, perceive, receipt, receive, deceit, conceit
 . . . and in words that rhyme with hay. . . 
neighbor, freight, beige, sleigh, weight, vein, and weigh
 . . . and some other exceptions. . . .
either, neither, f eint, foreign, forf eit, height, leisure, weird, seize
 
 
 A
 
 f 
inal 
 
y 
changes to
i 
when an ending is added .
supply becomes suppliesworry becomes worriedmerry becomes merrier
 . . . except when that ending is
-ing
 . . . 
crying, studying
 . . . And when the
y 
is preceded by a vowel. . . .
obeyed, saying
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