Comment by docju on 18/01/2025 at 16:06 UTC

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Can we have an auto bot to correct “license” to “licence”, similar to the driving licence one?

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Comment by meetingmakermakingit at 19/01/2025 at 11:10 UTC

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Hopefully not, as that would be incorrect.

In British English, the word is spelled with an 's' when acting as a verb. The confusion stems from American English using 's' for nouns too.

In British English, each of the following is correct:

he is licensed

he has a licence