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Worst rule ever

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Rules for English that aren’t absolute.

I before e except after c. Which obviously is not totally accurate.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_before_E_except_after_C
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  Thanks for the link. Explains why I never heard of it, it’s more or less useless. Though English spelling has many problems, not just this.

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