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I’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
I’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
I don’t know how Australia does it, but in the UK we use both depending on context.
https://www.sarahtownsendeditorial.co.uk/2019/07/licence-vs-license-top-spelling-tricks-to-help-you-get-it-right/
I 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:
and more where the difference is only in pronunciation (mostly stress):