Naich ( @Naich@kbin.social ) 21•4 months agoHow about a compromise - lisence?
GreatAlbatross ( @GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ) English12•4 months agoI am very glad that the sidebar does not log which admin wrote that.
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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 ( @Emperor@feddit.uk ) English4•4 months ago🤔
Auzy ( @Auzy@beehaw.org ) 8•4 months agoI’m Aussie, and the funny thing is, at least 3 of us literally wasted at least an hour at work once discussing which way to spell this in our documents.
And then I forgot what we decided on a month later anyway. So I still tend to spell it both ways
frazorth ( @frazorth@feddit.uk ) 4•4 months agoI don’t know how Australia does it, but in the UK we use both depending on context.
Deebster ( @Deebster@programming.dev ) English2•4 months agoI think the noun/verb difference is a little more clear-cut than just saying it depends on context.
There’s plenty(?) of words that are spelt with a verb–noun distinction:
- since I’m licensed, I can show you my licence
- she advised me and it was good advice
- he devised a clever device
- I practised for years before I got my practice
and more where the difference is only in pronunciation (mostly stress):
- Tomorrow I record my record
- I suspect that that suspect is the one
- She’ll present her present
ns1 ( @ns1@feddit.uk ) English3•4 months agoJust use license as a verb, then the spellings are the same
Digestive_Biscuit ( @Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk ) English2•4 months agoI’ve always struggled in remembering how to spell licence. I never realised this is probably why.