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Shampa Iftakhar:
Rule 1:  i before e except after c, or when sounded like /ay/ as in neighbour or weigh.

    This simple rhyme helps explain the difference between the spellings of believe (i before e) and receive (except after
   c). In general, when the long /e/ sound (ee) is spelled with the letters i and e, the order is ie: shield, field, fiend.

    Common exceptions are leisure, seizure, and weird.
   
   When the letters i and e are used in words with a long /a/ sound, they are usually spelled ei: sleigh, feint, heinous.

    When the sound is neither long /e/ nor long /a/, the spelling is usually ei: their, seismic, foreign. Some exceptions to   
    this rule are friend, sieve, and mischief.

Source:www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/style-and-editing/spelling‎

A.S. Rafi:
very helpful

Shampa Iftakhar:
Rafi:

Thank you.

If you know some other rules, please share.

A.S. Rafi:
Here you go..

Rule No 1. Using I Before E

Use i before e, except after c, or when sounded as "a" as in "neighbor" and "weigh."
EXAMPLES: believe, chief, piece, and thief; deceive, receive, weigh, and freight
COMMON EXCEPTIONS: efficient, weird, height, neither, ancient, caffeine, foreign.

A.S. Rafi:
2. Dropping the Final E

Drop the final e before a suffix beginning with a vowel (a, e, i, o, u) but not before a suffix beginning with a consonant.

EXAMPLES:
ride + ing = riding
guide + ance = guidance
hope + ing = hoping
entire + ly = entirely
like + ness = likeness
arrange + ment = arrangement

COMMON EXCEPTIONS: truly, noticeable

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