rbowman wrote on 7/6/2015 10:21 AM:
On 07/06/2015 05:15 AM, CSG8A_ M*i*g*h*t*y _ W*a*n*n*a*b*e _XG3QL wrote:
If your spell checker is set to English, then "practising" (verb),
"practice" (noun), "licensing" (verb), and "licence" (noun) should be
deemed correct.

The spell checker has 17 different flavors of English. US English flags
'practising' ('practicing') and 'licence' ('license'). Looks to me
like Canadian English can't keep its c's and s's straight. 'Defence'
('defense') is another one, although 'defensing' is an uncommon
construction. I have done some 'defencing' but that's when you pull
down the old barbed wire you find out in the woods from some long gone
ranching operation.


"Defence" is a noun in British spelling. The American spelling is
"Defense". A related verb is "Defend". Example: "I defend myself in self
defence".

"Defence" and "Defense" are not used in verb form. If you are talking
about removing a fence, then you should hyphenate to minimize confusion:
write "de-fence" rather than "defence".