It's hard to swallow a hard-to-swallow rule.
But once you get used to it, sing-song a little mantra about it, and then become an editor, for Pete's sake, enforcing it with red pens the rest of your days, it's hard to let it go. Oh, i-before-e, must we? Part?
New Britain Teaching Guidelines Nix "I Before E" Spelling Rule
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...and so began the demise of the English language. This is absurd! If there are exceptions, simply call it a "guideline" rather than a "rule." No reason to throw the babie out with the bathwatier.
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