The words practice and practise cause confusion since they are pronounced the same.
I always remember which is which by thinking of advice/advise which are pronounced differently.
Advice is the noun and advise is the verb. Similarly practice is the noun and practise the verb.
So I need a lot of practice. (noun) cf I need a lot of advice.
I practise every day. (verb) cf I advise every day.
I hunted BBC news stories for some examples.
… pledged to share best practice ideas
In practice, this means that emerging nations like China …
The BBC got it wrong here.
In a speech at the Conservative Party conference, he said it was not enough to just have the right qualifications to practice.(sic) (to practise = verb)
But they got it right here!
The GP was given a suspended sentence in Germany for death by negligence but has still been able to practise there.
Test yourself:
- It's important we pr…
- Hippocrates pioneered the pr… of clinical observation.
- This is bad pr…
- Pr… what you preach!
- I'll manage it with some pr…!
Answers: paste the upside down answers into FLIP
to save turning computer upside down!
¡ǝɔıʇɔɐɹd ǝɯos ɥʇıʍ ʇı ǝƃɐuɐɯ ll,ı 5
¡ɥɔɐǝɹd noʎ ʇɐɥʍ ǝsıʇɔɐɹd 4
ǝɔıʇɔɐɹd pɐq sı sıɥʇ 3
˙uoıʇɐʌɹǝsqo lɐɔıuılɔ ɟo (unou) ǝɔıʇɔɐɹd ǝɥʇ pǝɹǝǝuoıd sǝʇɐɹɔoddıɥ 2
(qɹǝʌ) ˙ǝsıʇɔɐɹd ǝʍ ʇuɐʇɹodɯı s,ʇı 1
to save turning computer upside down!
¡ǝɔıʇɔɐɹd ǝɯos ɥʇıʍ ʇı ǝƃɐuɐɯ ll,ı 5
¡ɥɔɐǝɹd noʎ ʇɐɥʍ ǝsıʇɔɐɹd 4
ǝɔıʇɔɐɹd pɐq sı sıɥʇ 3
˙uoıʇɐʌɹǝsqo lɐɔıuılɔ ɟo (unou) ǝɔıʇɔɐɹd ǝɥʇ pǝɹǝǝuoıd sǝʇɐɹɔoddıɥ 2
(qɹǝʌ) ˙ǝsıʇɔɐɹd ǝʍ ʇuɐʇɹodɯı s,ʇı 1
This post presupposes that you can distinguish nouns and verbs in a sentence.
If anyone wants help with picking out nouns and verbs, leave a comment or email me.
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