Rule of (I)

[goodboy224422]

Hi
I am Abodi,it is a first time to me in this forum, here I want give you a good rule,it is so good to use in an essay:
(I)before (E) except after (C)
such as:
Friend
Receive

[Barb_D]

Hi, and welcome to the forums. There's one more line to the little poem: Or when said as "a" as in neighbor or weigh.

There are actually many exceptions to this rule, but it's handy in many situations.