Date:  Sun, 3 Dec 1995 11:57:31 PST

From:  "//www.usa.net/~ague" <ague[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]REDRCK.ENET.DEC.COM>

Subject: Re: I before E



>>In my paper at SECOL in November, I showed that "except after c" applies to

>>only eight

>>common words, seven of which are '-ceive" or "-ceit". How useful is that?



Presuming your 8th word was "ceiling", did you forget "-ceipt" (receipt) or is

that part of your "-ceive" group?



-- Jim