At 2017-11-20T11:35:13+0000, Ralph Corderoy wrote: > Hi Branden, > > > Are you familiar with the U.K. practice[3] that says an abbreviation > > doesn't get a period if the abbreviation ends with the final letter of > > the abbreviated word? > > Nothing has been brought to a stop, unlike, say, Prof. Moriarty. > > > [3] en_GB: practise > > We English use practice for the noun, and practise for the verb. > Just like advice and advise.
Curioser and curiouser! I have seen practise used in practise as a noun many times. Here's a prestigious example: https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783642391644 In this case I am taking prestige as proportional to price tag. ;-) -- Regards, Branden
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