i before e except after:

c with the sound of eeeee eg belief, receive

when adding y to a word ending in e you

drop the e before adding the y eg noise + y = noisy

when a word ends in an e the e is usually

a suffix beginning with a consonant is added eg noise + able = loveable

the prefixes dis- and mis- never

drop their d even when added to a word beginning with s eg dis + ability = disability, dis + satisfied = dissatisfied

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i before e except after:	c with the sound of eeeee eg belief, receive
when adding y to a word ending in e you	drop the e before adding the y eg noise + y = noisy
when a word ends in an e the e is usually	a suffix beginning with a consonant is added eg noise + able = loveable
the prefixes dis- and mis- never	drop their d even when added to a word beginning with s eg dis + ability = disability, dis + satisfied = dissatisfied