>>>>>Jim,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>however, by the use of the quotes. Isn't the English (as opposed to American) spelling with an "s"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I don't know, perhaps one of our british colleagues could jump in here and enlighten us.
>>>>>
>>>>>That was my hope.
>>>>
>>>>Practise is a verb.
>>>>Practice is the action itself.
>>>>So you would practise performing the "best practice".
>>>>I'm not sure if this is specific to English English or whether it applies to American English as well
>>>
>>>Thanks, Len. I don't think it applies to American English. At least the spelling with an "s" isn't in my dictionary. I did seem to recall, however, seeing this spelling used by people from the British Isles. (I kind of pay attention to them. I'm English, Irish, Scots, Welsh< s >).
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>>Glad to be of help. I just hope that those of us using English English are not going to be told that it is "best practice" to use the American spelling.
>
>Is that what we call a "zinger"?:-)

If you mean a wisecrack, then yes, if not, then I should get an American-English dictionary to help in translation. (Maybe it would have an alternative to tantamount, which another American English user found unusual)