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POTATO

potato (singular) potatoes (plural)

See PLURALS (iv).

practical or practicable?

A PRACTICAL person is one who is good at doing

and making things.

A PRACTICAL suggestion is a sensible, realistic one

that is likely to succeed.

A PRACTICABLE suggestion is merely one that will

work. The word 'practicable' means 'able to be put

into practice'. It does not carry all the additional

meanings of 'practical'.

practice or practise?

Use these exemplar sentences as a guide:

PRACTICE makes perfect.

An hour's PRACTICE every day will yield returns.

The young doctor has built up a busy PRACTICE.

In the examples above, 'practice' is a noun.

You should PRACTISE every day.

PRACTISE now!

In these examples, 'practise' is a verb.

precede or proceed?

PRECEDE = to go in front of

PROCEED = to carry on, especially after having

stopped

prefer

preferred, preferring, preference

See ADDING ENDINGS (iv).

prehaps

Wrong spelling. See PERHAPS.

prejudice

(not predjudice)

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