At 01:31 PM 14/04/02 +1000, you wrote:
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>> Once a doctor used to practice medicine in his medical practise,
>> no more I see. Either will do. What HAVE you done?? :)
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>Actually it's the other way round here. Doctors practise (verb), but have a
>practice (noun). Confusing for many (particularly if notions of parts of
speech
>are not understood) and disappearing in many quarters, probably because of
the
>US English spelling checking in word processors. (It was once possible to
get
>an Australian English dictionary for the one's word processor, but I haven't
>seen or heard of one for years.)
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>Helen Duggan
>qed@n...
Interesting Helen all the beautiful new rooms at the refurbished Sydney Con
have their doors labeled 'practice' rooms. Naturally the new recruits sneered
scornfully until I pointed out that even by the Oxford dictionary they are
now interchangeable. Seems according to the same source that the US
usage is confined to "practice." A generic term, no nouns or verbs.
:) my spell checker just wanted to change practice to parties. Good idea!
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