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  1. Were you practicing/Have you been practicing vs Did you practice ...

    Sep 5, 2020 · 3. Have you been practicing the song? These two version sound good to me. Were you practicing the song? sounds odd.

  2. I need lots of practicing - WordReference Forums

    Feb 20, 2017 · Practicing law/to practice law is the goal of most law students. In the OP sentence I think that only the noun "practice" may be used. "You need a lot of practice/lots of practice". "Lots of …

  3. I have been practising - WordReference Forums

    Nov 25, 2006 · If you are exchanging with a Canadian, and especially if this is a familiar dialogue, je me pratique (beaucoup), would be the most natural response. If you reply in conversation "je m'exerce", …

  4. I have been practicing - WordReference Forums

    Aug 14, 2020 · I have been practicing - an activity that continues in the general present time, not necessarily at the moment of speaking. You may be at the moment in Uruguay, for 3 days, and say 'I …

  5. Pile practising medicine | WordReference Forums

    Dec 7, 2018 · It's a phrase in the book "To Kill a Mockingbird" Mindful of John Wesley's strictures on the use of many words in buying and selling, Simon made a pile practising medicine, but.... Please help …

  6. exercise vs. practise | WordReference Forums

    Jan 21, 2008 · the word exercise is very rarely used in this context in the UK. the word exercise was used a little when i was at school, many years ago- we had 'exercise books' in which we would write …

  7. practicing my Spanish - WordReference Forums

    Aug 29, 2007 · HOw do you say, I'm practicing my spanish? Che Bella, don't forget that the dictionary is a great resource and you can find lots of answers there without opening a thread in the forum. At the …

  8. I practice law. - WordReference Forums

    Sep 2, 2020 · Hi. Someone asked me what my job is. If my job is related to law. Is it idiomatic to reply "I practice law"?

  9. die of / from - WordReference Forums

    Oct 12, 2011 · The truth is that you can't learn English perfectly because so often there aren't any rules at all. The selection of which prepositions go where is completely arbitrary, and very flexible. All you …

  10. They didn't go this year | WordReference Forums

    Apr 17, 2023 · Dear friends: I am practicing how to use mixed tenses, in the next exercise I am trying all the possibilities, but I am not sure about the rules: Sarah’s family didn’t go(not go) away on holiday …