Re:Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly
by johnisgood on Monday July 14, 2025 @07:33AM
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I thought the difference between practice vs. practise was that the latter is British. My spell checker (US English) does not like "practise" though, it is underlined with red. UK English, however, does not underline "practise" with red. So is it really not the case that "practice" is US English and "practise" is UK English? Because based on the spell checker, that seems to be the case.
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Re:Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly
by cjs_ac on Monday July 14, 2025 @08:12AM
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> So is it really not the case that "practice" is US English and "practise" is UK English?
Correct: practice is a noun, and practise is a verb, in non-US English. I don't have my (twenty-volume) copy of the Oxford English Dictionary to hand, but Wiktionary has an explanation under 'usage notes': https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/practise
Re:Show HN: Refine – A Local Alternative to Grammarly
by johnisgood on Monday July 14, 2025 @08:24AM
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> British, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand and South African English spelling distinguishes between practice (a noun) and practise (a verb), analogously with advice and advise though without an analogous difference in pronunciation. In American English, the spelling practice is commonly used for both noun and verb.
I see.