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While the word "science" is an exception to the "I before E except after C" spelling rule (because of its particular Greek origin), the word "believe" follows this rule.
However, it has an "e" sound (silent I) like receive. Many words using the vowel pair "ie" (e.g. lie) have an "i" sound and the trailing E is silent.
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∙ 13y ago
Wiki User
∙ 13y agoThe common rule in rhyme form is:
i before e except after c
or when sounded like a
as in neighbor and weigh
However, that rhyme doesn't account for all of the exceptions to it which exist. Some, like neither, height, and weird are based on the "a" rule but not pronounced that way. Others, such as science (from the Greek) are due to the particular root words.
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because this ia an exception to the final e rule. (NOVANET)
Does the word donkey have a silent e?
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How do you correctly spell Recieve?
Just to add, FYI, the general rule for helping remember if a word should be spelled with "ie" or "ei" is: "I" before "E" except after "C". In other words, "receive" is spelled with a "c", so the "c" requires that you use the "ei" spelling after it. A word such as "believe" has an "l", not a "c", so it needs the "ie" spelling.
Where did the saying 'may day' come from?
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I believe it should be 'i' before 'e'. You are presenting a distorted version of a spelling rule, i before e except after c; this applies to words such as receipt, believe, and so forth. It also has exceptions, such as weird. Even though it does not come after a c, the e is before the i in the word weird. There are some others, as well. English spelling is complicated.
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