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From: Paul Stevenson <pa@psynet.net>
Subject: Re: Which language pays most -- C++ vs. Java?
Date: 1998/02/20
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tholen@hale.ifa.hawaii.edu (Dave Tholen) writes:

> >>>> "i" before "e" except after "c"
> 
> >>> Except when it's weird.
> 
> >> Or its name is Keith.
> 
> > Or Sheila. 
> 
> Or they're neighbors.

Regarding neighbours, my English teacher told me the rule only applies
to the sound 'ee' (with the exception of weird). One can put 'i' after
'e' easily in a lot of present participles: being, seeing...

-- 
Paul Stevenson  -  http://psynet.net/pa  -  pa@psynet.net