DEFINT A-Z DIM W AS STRING CLS OPEN "I", 1, "UNIXDICT.TXT" DO LINE INPUT #1, W IF INSTR(W, "ie") THEN IF INSTR(W, "cie") THEN CI = CI + 1 ELSE XI = XI + 1 IF INSTR(W, "ei") THEN IF INSTR(W, "cei") THEN CE = CE + 1 ELSE XE = XE + 1 LOOP WHILE NOT EOF(1) CLOSE #1 PRINT "CIE:"; CI PRINT "xIE:"; XI PRINT "CEI:"; CE PRINT "xEI:"; XE PRINT PRINT "I before E when not preceded by C: "; IF 2 * XI <= CI THEN PRINT "not "; PRINT "plausible." PRINT "E before I when preceded by C: "; IF 2 * CE <= XE THEN PRINT "not "; PRINT "plausible."