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[โ€“] Madison420@lemmy.world 8 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[โ€“] muhyb@programming.dev 3 points 21 hours ago

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.