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Licence! Licence! Licence!

5 replies

ObviouslyOblivious · 08/05/2012 17:55

Argh! You have a driving licence. You have a premises licence. Not license.

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ragged · 09/05/2012 10:13

I think maybe in American English we only have one spelling. I bet a lot of people get caught out because of that (I do!). Practice/practise, too.

LemonTurd · 15/06/2012 17:04

Yes! Also, I keep seeing 'driver's licence' instead of 'driving licence'. The latter is correct in the UK. Grr.

MirandaGoshawk · 15/06/2012 20:09

Use advise and advice in your head for both practice/ise and licence/ense. Makes it much easier than trying to work out noun/verb & therefore which is correct.

PinkyCheesy · 16/06/2012 10:14

However you do have a licenSed bar Smile

nickelbarapasaurus · 16/06/2012 11:14

yes, US English is license for both.

ours is licence for noun, license for verb (same as practice/practise, advice/advise)(although, conversely, in us english, practice is for both...)

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