Originally posted by KJCavalierI have never learned this rule, but I googled it, and you are right:
I always thought the rule was
I before e except after c or if sounding like a as in neighbor and weigh...
Did I forget this?
"Write I before E
Except after C
Or when it sounds like an A
As in 'neighbor' and 'weigh'"
So adramforall is right that there is an invisible 'c' after the 'w', but his conclusion is wrong. 😉