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Originally Posted by CloudedVision
For all of those words, notice that the i is not before the e. Why? because it isn't after c.
It works for nearly every word, besides receive.
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You're wrong!
The rule is 'i' before 'e' except after 'c'.
Which basically means that it should always be 'ie' (e.g: siege, friend) unless it's after a 'c' , where it should be 'ei' (e.g: ceiling, receive).
See?
Ed.