Advice vs Advise

[booellesmum]

A contribution from the British Museum, Sunken Cities exhibition :

'...Egyptian rituals that were practiced.....'

Thought that was right?

[ToadMum]

A contribution from the British Museum, Sunken Cities exhibition :

'...Egyptian rituals that were practiced.....'

Thought that was right?

Practice is the noun, to practise is the verb; the rituals are having the verb done to them, so to speak, I was taught?

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/diction ... sive-voice

[Reading Mum]

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/201609 ... ow-we-know" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;?

[solimum]

With practice/practise I sometimes pause to check - I find it easier to remember that the c and s are the same way round noun/verb as for "prophecy / prophesy" which for some reason (maybe because they are pronounced differently) I can easily distinguish! Will have to remember advice/advise too

[timothylewin]

''Can you borrow me your book'';

[yoyo123]

''Can you borrow me your book'';

No but you can have a lend of it...

[Stroller]

Some people weren't taught the parts of speech and the difference between nouns and verbs. Also, using the noun / verb distinction as a guideline for when to use a c instead of an s is unreliable internationally.
For example:
UK https://www.gov.uk/government/organisat ... of-defence" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
US http://www.defense.gov" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Threads such as this one are more useful if posters explain what is correct (and why). Just repeating mistakes to mock people isn't kind or helpful.

[hermanmunster]

and then there's "can I" and "may I"

had a great year 4 teacher who when we said "can I..?" he would say "you can, but you may not".

So then it was "Sir, can I throw the bookcase out of the window?" - "you can...

[JaneEyre]

A little quiz for those who like them ( only 21 questions)

CAN YOU CORRECTLY SPELL THE TOP 20 MISSPELLED WORDS?

http://bitechargemedia.com/play/top20" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Guest55]

I got A* - not bad for a mathematician