CHECKING YOUR SPELLING / 57 This rule seems to have been made to be broken. Some words keep to it but others break it. Here are some that follow the rule. All of them are pronounced ‘ee’ – as in ‘seed’. Exceptions to this rule are: either, neighbours, vein, neither, seize, weird Because some words do not follow any rules, there are many words in the English language that are frequently misspelled. These words have to be learnt. Following is a list of the most common: no ‘C’ in front after ‘ C ’ grief ceiling niece deceive piece receive absence accept aggravate annual auxiliary believe carcass cellar committee daily description difference discipline abysmal across already appearance awkward beautiful centre chameleon computer deceive desperate dining desperate acquaint address alleluia archaeology because business ceiling choose condemn definitely develop disappear dissatisfied acquire advertisement ancient arrangement beginning character cemetery collar conscious demonstrative diarrhoea disappoint doctor ‘i’ before ‘e’ except after ‘c’ AVOIDING COMMON MISTAKES