English is weird!

In English, the spelling patterns ei and ie can both represent an "ee" sound. So how do you know which one to use? For decades, English teachers have repeated the adage, ‘When the sound is "ee", it’s I before E, except after C.’
But oops, that’s not quite true. You also have to memorize the following [...]

Say that ten times fast.
Ed had edited it. Ed had edited it. Ed had edited it…