Here’s one to clear up this confusing rule: i before e, except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbor. Got it? This is part of a complete episode.
This showed up on my Facebook feed.
I before E, except when you run a feisty heist on a weird beige foreign neighbor.
It’s true.
It’s all the major exceptions in a row.
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