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.  ;-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
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