On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 08:36 pm, Steve Loughran wrote: > > well, the only dictionary I had handy was the BBC spanish learner's > dictionary, and it listed both, so who knows... >
In English, practice is the noun and practise is the verb. It's the same with licence (noun) and license (verb). In American usage, the s form is used for both noun and verb. There is a little pattern here and you can use advice/advise to remember which is which, because it is the same pattern (c-noun/s-verb). Advice and advise remain distinct in American usage, due to thier different sound, I guess. So, the change I made to become "an ugly practise" appears incorrect to me but is correct to someone from the US. Anyway, enough grammar - returning to our regularly scheduled program :-) Conor --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
