Hi, Dallas!  Recently you wrote in a message to Antonio Hernandez:

DH>  (From the Oxford Dictionary of English): Care should be
DH>  taken with the use of the words "practice" and "practise"
DH>  as there are differences in British and US usage. "Practice"
DH>  is the correct spelling for the noun in both British and US
DH>  English and it is also the spelling of the verb in US
DH>  English. However, in British English the verb should be
DH>  spelled "practise".


          Perhaps we should warn Antonio that there are Australians & Canadians
in the audience.  Australians & Canadians tend to favo(u)r British spellings...
except when they don't!  My Canadian dictionaries agree with British convention
in this example, but tolerate the US spelling as a variant....  :-)



AH>  Thanks, I'm trying to do better. I'd like to practice English.


          Oops!  I notice he & I both have the initials "AH".  In the interests
of clarity in quoting I've seen many creative solutions.  But before I finished
typing this reply, he came up with one of his own.  Well done, Antonio....  :-)



DH>  Since the verb of the second sentence is "to practice", in
DH>  British English it should be spelt


          And yes, Bj”rn, I agree with you too that "spelt" is quite correct as
the past participle of "spell" or as a variety of wheat... [wry grin].



DH>  with an "s": "practise". Most people in North America, however,
DH>  use the "c" and while I don't like it I have to accept that it's
DH>  a valid usage!


          We're outnumbered ten to one.  But I hear some of our compatriots get
paid quite handsomely for interpreting Europeans & USAians to one another.  ;-)




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