Comment by meetingmakermakingit on 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

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Comment by docju at 19/01/2025 at 11:16 UTC*

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Yeah I meant in terms of a noun. In any case 99% of the time the word “license” appears it’s being used as a noun on its own, and the bot could quite easily spot when it is being used as a verb.

Comment by VerbingNoun413 at 19/01/2025 at 12:49 UTC

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If you need a way to remember, think of advice/advise.