1999-11-04 03:18:39+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Tom Duff asked himself how good a rule that old "I before E except after C..." was:
According to Webster's 2nd International Dictionary, not very:
3678 words have i before e, 2444 have e before i, except after c, when 256 words have i before e and 156 have e before i.
So the rule is right 60% of the time, except after c, when it's only right 38% of the time.
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