Practise or practice?
By loudcry
@loudcry (1043)
India
December 25, 2006 10:01pm CST
These are some words i was confused about.
-Practice and practise
Practice is a nown
Practise is a verb.
e.g
The Drama practice was a good experience.
We had to practise all day for the Play.
-Advice and Advise
Advice is a nown
Advise is a verd
e.g
HE gave the students good advice.
'I would advise you to read this book' said the teacher.
-Who's and whose
Who's means 'who is'
Whose means belonging to a person.
e.g
Who's the man we saw in the college today?
Whose is that new car.
3 responses
@anuragmishra (127)
• India
26 Dec 06
affect and effect
there, their, and they're
capital and capitol
affluent and effluent
atheist and agnostic
lavatory and laboratory.
@jessicameron (374)
• United States
26 Dec 06
In the US, we spell practice with a "c" whether it is a noun or a verb. Advice/advice and who's/whose are tricky though, especially for people who speak English as a second language (though it seems most Americans have trouble with it as well). Here are some more that people mix up:
its/it's
"its" is possessive and refers to ownership: "The cat licked its tail.
"it's" is a contraction short for "it is": It's getting dark outside, so come in the house
to/too/two
"to" can be used a couple of ways. One is in the place of the word "toward", such as "Go to the other side of the room." Another usage is verbs in the infinitive form: to work, to play, to sleep, to do, etc.
"too" also has a couple of uses. I can mean "also": "I have blue eyes too!" Or it can mean "excessively": "You talk too much!", "It is too hot outside to wear long pants."
"two" is the number after one! "I have two feet."
your/you're
This is one of my pet peeves! Get it right people!
"Your" is a possessive adverb that refers to ownership: "I like your ice cream better than Bethany's."
"You're" is a contraction of the words "you are": You're starting to make me angry with your bad grammar!
There you go... hope I helped clear some things up for you!
@angnima (772)
• Nepal
4 Jan 07
You look quite confused. I have to say something about repeated confusion.If you find the same confusion many times
you need a book.Do not ask other. You can enjoy asking .That's your freedom.
It is better to buy a standard dictionary.
