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Dni483 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

Can anyone check whether i used the word correctly correct

Don't tell me to go practise cos if I send you to practice it will take you at least a week to pronounce correctly my surname and my first name
  

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it will take you at least a week to correctly pronounce my surname and my first name it will take you at least a week to pronounce my surname and my first name correctly "cos" looks horrible. g. in transcribed dialogue, in which case use 'cause .

  • it will take you at least a week to correctly pronounce my surname and my first name it will take you at least a week to pronounce my surname and my first name correctly "cos" looks horrible.
  • g.
  • in transcribed dialogue, in which case use 'cause .
  • The verb is spelled "practise" in BrE and "practice" in AmE.
  • You should be consistent.
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it will take you at least a week to correctly pronounce my surname and my first name
it will take you at least a week to pronounce my surname and my first name correctly

"cos" looks horrible. Write "because" in full, unless you absolutely must reflect the abbreviated pronunciation, e.g. in transcribed dialogue, in which case use 'cause

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