English Language · Writing: accuracy and style. The idea in plain words, the rules to remember, the mistake to avoid and a worked example, written and checked by Mega Lecture.
Most spelling marks are lost on a small set of words and word endings. Learn the rules for adding endings, and learn each hard word by its tricky part: ‘necessary’ has one c and two s's, ‘accommodation’ has two c's and two m's, ‘embarrassed’ has two r's and two s's, ‘definitely’ contains ‘finite’.
Commonly confused words sound alike but do different jobs. Do not go by sound. Work out the job the word does in the sentence: is it a noun or a verb? Does it show possession, or is it short for two words? Then choose the spelling.
In British English, practice is the noun and practise is the verb.
Students write ‘practice’ for the verb. Put ‘advice’ or ‘advise’ in the same place and listen: if ‘advise’ fits, the word is a verb, so write ‘practise’.
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