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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

quicko: practice makes perfect

Australians are weird about practice.  They spell it alternate ways.  Practise when it's a noun; practice when it's a verb.  Or maybe it's the other way round.  I really don't know.  I can't keep track.  50-50 says I'm right.

4 comments:

  1. Your blog is fantastic! I love it. You're so funny.
    Practise is the verb, practice the noun. sorry!

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  2. Think of it this way "c" comes before "s" in the alphabet just like "n" for noun comes before "v" for verb. This rule works for other ice/ise endings too.

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  3. Eventually you'll figure it out; practice makes perfect. Or is that practise?

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  4. Practise is the verb and practice is the noun....yes, it's highly confusing especially when using microsoft office who insists that you've got it wrong!

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