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Van: Reg Boyle [mailto:bandb@n...]
Verzonden: zondag 14 april 2002 7:23
Aan: vocalist-temporary@yahoogroups.com
Onderwerp: Re: [vocalist] Off topic: Practice/se
At 01:31 PM 14/04/02 +1000, you wrote:
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>
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>> Once a doctor used to practice medicine in his medical practise,
>> no more I see. Either will do. What HAVE you done?? :)
>>
>>
>>
>
>Actually it's the other way round here. Doctors practise (verb), but
have a
>practice (noun). Confusing for many (particularly if notions of parts
of
speech
>are not understood) and disappearing in many quarters, probably because
of
the
>US English spelling checking in word processors. (It was once possible
to
get
>an Australian English dictionary for the one's word processor, but I
haven't
>seen or heard of one for years.)
>
>Helen Duggan
>qed@n...
Interesting Helen all the beautiful new rooms at the refurbished Sydney
Con
have their doors labeled 'practice' rooms. Naturally the new recruits
sneered
scornfully until I pointed out that even by the Oxford dictionary they
are
now interchangeable. Seems according to the same source that the US
usage is confined to "practice." A generic term, no nouns or verbs.
:) my spell checker just wanted to change practice to parties. Good
idea!
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