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This tag is for questions which a dictionary cannot answer about the several possibilities available for a particular meaning, and which one of them would be the most appropriate.
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"Our house floor" or "our house's floor"?
In this case, "house's floor" is usually used, but "house floor" could be used in other sentences like
I like house floors better than hotel floors.
(Not that anyone would say something like th …
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Practice or practise?
Surprising to me, practice is used for the noun and practise is for the verb, except in the U.S. where "practice" is used for both. So you would be best off only writing "practice" if you are in the U …
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