-ice and -ise
How do you tell which word to use when there are two forms of the same word: one ending in -ice, the other in -ise?
The rule’s very straightforward:
Use -ice for nouns (football practice, legal advice, driving licence)
Use -ise for verbs (I practise the piano, she advised me not to buy it, 007 is licensed to kill)
Can’t think of any other pairs like this offhand; if anyone else can, please comment!
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