Practice/Practise..............how do you know which one to use????

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I apologise in advance for any grammatical errors in my post - I'm not a pedant and will never be one, I'm just not clever enough.

Just seen on another thread about stationery a tip to remember that it's e for envelope......

So is there an easy way to get practice/practise correct?????

Practice with a "C" is a noun
Practise with an "S" is a verb
(but not in the USA)
Perhaps someone has a jolly rhyme that explains

I always think of The Doctor's Practice, that helps me sort out the noun from the verb.

ahh now you see I never learnt my noun/verbs/adverbs/etc at school - my lower and middle schools failed me dreadfully there. It's a mystery as to how I managed to get a 2 in my Standard Grade Latin - given that a basic knowledge of grammar is required

It's the same as advice = noun
Advise = verb

Those two are easier to remember because they sound different.

The Doctor's practice is in Harley street. (Noun- thing)
The doctor practises medicine in Harley street. (verb- doing word)

I always remember stationery/stationary because of the 'ar'/car thing. Just as complicated really!

Because practice and practise pronounced the same (as are licence and license etc), it is easier to think of advice/advise to distinguish which is a noun and which is a verb.

yeah but you have to know what verbs and nouns are to be able to distinguish them

Oops, see Trillian got there first

In the case of a doctor -

Practice is the place
Practise is what he does

A verb is a doing word.

A noun is a thing (something that you can put 'the' in front of).

I blame Maggie Thatcher. that pretty much gets you out of anything school-related

Aaaargh! Can't believe I posted a sexist comment after ranting on about equality today

Correction :-

Practise is what she/he does

here is how I remember

alphabetical order

so practice and practise
noun and verb

practice goes with noun (both first in alphabet
practise goes with verb (both second in alphabet

Im quite rubbish at remembering letter combinations in partic. words but have got practise/practice sorted

practice - 'ice' is a noun
practise - 'is' is a verb

A noun is a name ogf anything
as in chair or table, ball or string

A verb is an action word
As is run or ran, hear or heard

oh TA I like that one and I am a Thatcher child (born in '79)

I use the Tobermory method. ice = noun

I wasn't taught grammar at school, and managed to get a degree in English Literature as a mature student - you're not alone, Faq!

I have also completed AS Level French this year and cobble the grammar together as I go along.

I went to school in the 70s when there was an idea that children absorbed how language fits together without having to teach the mechanics.

I wasn't taught grammar at school, and managed to get a degree in English Literature as a mature student - you're not alone, Faq!

I went to school in the 70s when there was an idea that children absorbed how language fits together without having to teach the mechanics.

Oops....