"Drivers license" or "Driver's license"?

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My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.
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[R H Draney]

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...let me know if you get the
dollar....r

[John Varela]

Post by R H Draney

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...let me know if you get the
dollar....r

In Virginia it's a Driver's License.

[Robert Bannister]

Post by R H Draney

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...let me know if you get the
dollar....r

Mine has "DRIVER'S LICENCE".

[Snidely]

Post by Robert Bannister

Post by R H Draney

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...let me know if you get the
dollar....r

Mine has "DRIVER'S LICENCE".

Mine has "CALIFORNIA DRIVER LICENSE"

"CALIFORNIA" is in 16pt or 24 pt serif caps,probably boldened (Times
New Roman? Palatino Linotype? Georgia?)

"DRIVER LICENSE" is in maybe 12pt sans-serif caps (Candara? Corbel?)
(Probably not Arial nor Lucida Sans)

/dps "over the top? moi?"

[Richard Bollard]

On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:21:17 +0800, Robert Bannister

Post by Robert Bannister

Post by R H Draney

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...let me know if you get the
dollar....r

Mine has "DRIVER'S LICENCE".

'DRIVER LICENCE" in the ACT.

[Peter Moylan]

Post by Richard Bollard
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:21:17 +0800, Robert Bannister

Post by Robert Bannister

Post by R H Draney

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...let me know if you get the
dollar....r

Mine has "DRIVER'S LICENCE".

'DRIVER LICENCE" in the ACT.

Likewise in NSW. I'm sorry now that I didn't keep the old ones, because
it would be interesting to know when it changed. It might well have been
at the same time that the Geographical Names Board decided that it
didn't like apostrophes.

[Peter T. Daniels]

Post by Peter Moylan

Post by Richard Bollard
On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:21:17 +0800, Robert Bannister

Post by Robert Bannister

Post by R H Draney
Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...let me know if you get the
dollar....r

Mine has "DRIVER'S LICENCE".

'DRIVER LICENCE" in the ACT.

Likewise in NSW. I'm sorry now that I didn't keep the old ones, because
it would be interesting to know when it changed. It might well have been
at the same time that the Geographical Names Board decided that it
didn't like apostrophes.

Hm. We don't get to keep our old ones. What's to stop someone from getting
their hands on it for nefarious purposes?

[s***@gmail.com]

Post by Peter T. Daniels

Post by Peter Moylan
Likewise in NSW. I'm sorry now that I didn't keep the old ones, because
it would be interesting to know when it changed. It might well have been
at the same time that the Geographical Names Board decided that it
didn't like apostrophes.

Hm. We don't get to keep our old ones. What's to stop someone from getting
their hands on it for nefarious purposes?

What would they do to accomplish those nefarious purposes? It has your DLN and
address, and maybe a poor copy of your signature, but those are easily
available online anyway, and the license is clearly expired (California changes
the look every few years, so expired licenses tend to stand out soon enough).

Also, how would someone obtain the old license, for with to perform nefarious
acts? In my case, they could get the one that expired last summer by stealing
my wallet, But then they would also have the a-lot-more-useful current
license. The license that expired 4 years ago is in my sock drawer, but if
someone is going through my sock drawer they are after more than just an
expired license.

And as the spammers point out, you can get a pretty good looking license that
doesn't say expired, just by slipping some cash under the table in a variety of
places.

/dps

[Peter T. Daniels]

Post by s***@gmail.com

Post by Peter T. Daniels

Post by Peter Moylan
Likewise in NSW. I'm sorry now that I didn't keep the old ones, because
it would be interesting to know when it changed. It might well have been
at the same time that the Geographical Names Board decided that it
didn't like apostrophes.

Hm. We don't get to keep our old ones. What's to stop someone from getting
their hands on it for nefarious purposes?

What would they do to accomplish those nefarious purposes? It has your DLN and
address, and maybe a poor copy of your signature, but those are easily
available online anyway, and the license is clearly expired (California changes
the look every few years, so expired licenses tend to stand out soon enough).

Most ID-checkers don't read the details.

Post by s***@gmail.com
Also, how would someone obtain the old license, for with to perform nefarious
acts? In my case, they could get the one that expired last summer by stealing
my wallet, But then they would also have the a-lot-more-useful current
license. The license that expired 4 years ago is in my sock drawer, but if
someone is going through my sock drawer they are after more than just an
expired license.
And as the spammers point out, you can get a pretty good looking license that
doesn't say expired, just by slipping some cash under the table in a variety of
places.

Why bother paying "some cash" when you can steal an old one for free?

[s***@gmail.com]

Post by Peter T. Daniels

Post by s***@gmail.com
What would they do to accomplish those nefarious purposes? It has your DLN and
address, and maybe a poor copy of your signature, but those are easily
available online anyway, and the license is clearly expired (California changes
the look every few years, so expired licenses tend to stand out soon enough).

Most ID-checkers don't read the details.

If it looks funny enough, you don't have to read the details.

Post by Peter T. Daniels
Why bother paying "some cash" when you can steal an old one for free?

Because you like your picture better than you like mine?

/dps

[GordonD]

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On Fri, 16 Jan 2015 08:21:17 +0800, Robert Bannister

Post by Robert Bannister

Post by R H Draney

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...let me know if you get the
dollar....r

Mine has "DRIVER'S LICENCE".

'DRIVER LICENCE" in the ACT.
=====================
Deciding what to call it can be quite important:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7899171.stm

[Guy Barry]

Post by R H Draney

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...

"Driving licence" in this country, which avoids any such problems.

Post by R H Draney
let me know if you get the dollar....r

He must be pretty desperate if he's still waiting after more than fifteen
years.

[Tom P]

Post by Guy Barry

Post by R H Draney

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...

"Driving licence" in this country, which avoids any such problems.

Post by R H Draney
let me know if you get the dollar....r

He must be pretty desperate if he's still waiting after more than
fifteen years.

The German language distinguishes between the driver's license
(Führerschein) and the license to drive (Fahrerlaubnis, in Austria
Lenkerberechtigung). The driver's license says that you have a license
to drive, and is what you carry round in your wallet. Since 2013 the DL
is merged with the credit card sized European driver's license. The
license to drive is a document issued by the authorities after providing
proof that you have passed theoretical and practical tests of your
abilities to drive specific types of vehicle. Legally, there is a
distinction - for certain traffic infringements, as punishment, your
driver's license can be suspended for a specific period, and operating a
vehicle without a valid driver's license is an offense. However, for
more serious offenses, your license to drive can be invalidated, because
it is found that you do not fulfill the minimum requirements for being
able to operate a vehicle in a responsible fashion (for example repeated
drunken driving offenses). That means that you can no longer drive a
vehicle until you can prove that you are mentally and physically capable
of doing so, and have once again taken all the classes and passed
theoretical and practical tests of your abilities to drive.

[Don Phillipson]

"R H Draney" wrote in message

Post by R H Draney
Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...

Monty Python's post office provided the model, viz.
dog licence, cat licence, fish licence etc.

[Mark Brader]

Post by Don Phillipson

Post by R H Draney
Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...

Monty Python's post office provided the model, viz.
dog licence, cat licence...

Ah, so a driver license is a license to *own* a driver, as opposed
to a driver's license. Got it, thanks.

[Tony Cooper]

Post by Mark Brader

Post by Don Phillipson

Post by R H Draney
Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...

Monty Python's post office provided the model, viz.
dog licence, cat licence...

Ah, so a driver license is a license to *own* a driver, as opposed
to a driver's license. Got it, thanks.

In Miami, a driver license would be a license to shoot one during
season.

[R H Draney]

Post by Don Phillipson

"R H Draney" wrote in message

Post by R H Draney
Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...

Monty Python's post office provided the model, viz.
dog licence, cat licence, fish licence etc.

In the very sketch that spoke of the "Ministry of Housinge"....r

[charles]

Post by Don Phillipson

"R H Draney" wrote in message

Post by R H Draney
Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...

Monty Python's post office provided the model, viz.
dog licence, cat licence, fish licence etc.

Marriage Licence?

[Robert Bannister]

Post by charles

Post by Don Phillipson

"R H Draney" wrote in message

Post by R H Draney
Mine says "DRIVER LICENSE"...no apostrophe...

Monty Python's post office provided the model, viz.
dog licence, cat licence, fish licence etc.

Marriage Licence?

Licentiousness is allowed once you're married.

[Pablo]

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Easy. Driving licence.

[Peter Moylan]

Post by Pablo

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Easy. Driving licence.

That made me notice something that I must have missed on a first reading.

"A licence _for_ drivers" takes the same grammatical case as "A licence
_of_ drivers". Either way, then, it would be drivers' licence.

In this country, however, the licence covers only one driver. A licence
for one driver would be a driver's licence.

That's the grammatical point, which I think was the point of the
original question. As numerous respondents have pointed out, many
countries or states duck the issue by using a different phrasing.

[Pablo]

Post by Peter Moylan

Post by Pablo

My colleague and I have a dollar wager on this. The context is "Let me
see your driver(')s license. I believe it takes no apostrophe since it
is primarily considered to be a license for and not of drivers; she
believes otherwise. Who's correct? This is my first time posting to
this group, so please, go easy.

Easy. Driving licence.

That made me notice something that I must have missed on a first reading.
"A licence _for_ drivers" takes the same grammatical case as "A licence
_of_ drivers". Either way, then, it would be drivers' licence.
In this country, however, the licence covers only one driver. A licence
for one driver would be a driver's licence.
That's the grammatical point, which I think was the point of the
original question. As numerous respondents have pointed out, many
countries or states duck the issue by using a different phrasing.

I don't think it's ducking the issue. We do have "pilot's licence" as
opposed to "flying/piloting licence" - so basically one has a licence to be
a pilot and the other has a licence to drive. Innit.

[b***@gmail.com]

If you're begging the question as in "are you not carrying your driver's license again", you hopefully wouldn't actually spell it that way would you ... as in you actually told a cop after the accident you didn't have to carry your driver's license on you at all times if you didn't want to (especially after an accident), and then he had you arrested for bad grammar, dumb spelling, general stupidity, and for trying to say and spell you didn't have to have your "Driver's License" (or some other form of identification) on you at all times unless of course you were technically right and insisted on spelling it "Driver's license" ... Oy Dafka Oye!

[Peter T. Daniels]

Post by b***@gmail.com
If you're begging the question as in "are you not carrying your driver's license again", you hopefully wouldn't actually spell it that way would you ... as in you actually told a cop after the accident you didn't have to carry your driver's license on you at all times if you didn't want to (especially after an accident), and then he had you arrested for bad grammar, dumb spelling, general stupidity, and for trying to say and spell you didn't have to have your "Driver's License" (or some other form of identification) on you at all times unless of course you were technically right and insisted on spelling it "Driver's license" ... Oy Dafka Oye!

AUE seems not to be a good match for you.

[j***@gmail.com]

Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

[Peter Moylan]

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

Well, if you want to shoot hunters ...

[phil]

Post by Peter Moylan

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving.
You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

Well, if you want to shoot hunters ...

"Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow."

[Ken Blake]

Post by phil

Post by Peter Moylan

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving.
You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

Well, if you want to shoot hunters ...

"Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow."

Sorry, I posted the same thing seconds before I saw your post.

[phil]

Post by Ken Blake

Post by phil

Post by Peter Moylan

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving.
You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

Well, if you want to shoot hunters ...

"Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow."

Sorry, I posted the same thing seconds before I saw your post.

:)

[RH Draney]

Post by Ken Blake

Post by phil

Post by Peter Moylan

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving.
You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

Well, if you want to shoot hunters ...

"Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow."

Sorry, I posted the same thing seconds before I saw your post.

:)

Ken was in no mood to trifle....r

[charles]

Post by Peter Moylan

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You
wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

Well, if you want to shoot hunters ...

2 game wardens, .....

[Ken Blake]

On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 14:09:33 +1100, Peter Moylan

Post by Peter Moylan

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

Well, if you want to shoot hunters ...

I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow

[Peter Young]

Post by Ken Blake
On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 14:09:33 +1100, Peter Moylan

Post by Peter Moylan

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You
wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

Well, if you want to shoot hunters ...

I went and shot the maximum the game laws would allow

I tied them to my fender and I got them home somehow,

Post by Ken Blake
Two game wardens, seven hunters, and a cow

Peter.

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[Lewis]

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving.
You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

the license is not for driving, the license is a certification that you
are a qualified driver.

[Tony Cooper]

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The State of Florida prints "Driver License" on them.

[RH Draney]

Post by Tony Cooper

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The State of Florida prints "Driver License" on them.

So does the State of Arizona....r

[John Varela]

Post by RH Draney

Post by Tony Cooper

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The State of Florida prints "Driver License" on them.

So does the State of Arizona....r

In Virginia it's "Driver's".

[s***@gmail.com]

Post by RH Draney

Post by Tony Cooper

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The State of Florida prints "Driver License" on them.

So does the State of Arizona....r

According to what's in my pocket, so does the Golden State.

/dps

[Katy Jennison]

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The UK version is a driving licence.

[Peter Moylan]

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving.
You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The UK version is a driving licence.

The usual term in Australia, in speech, is driver's licence, but that's
not necessarily what is written on the item in question. My NSW licence
says "Driver Licence".

I don't have a putter licence.

[Peter Young]

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You
wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The UK version is a driving licence.

Because in BrE "Licence" is a noun and "License" is a verb.

Peter.

[Peter T. Daniels]

Post by Peter Young

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You
wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The UK version is a driving licence.

Because in BrE "Licence" is a noun and "License" is a verb.

Are they careful about prophecy and prophesy, which assign the letters
the same way but at least are pronounced differently?

[Katy Jennison]

Post by Peter T. Daniels

Post by Peter Young

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You
wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The UK version is a driving licence.

Because in BrE "Licence" is a noun and "License" is a verb.

Are they careful about prophecy and prophesy, which assign the letters
the same way but at least are pronounced differently?

If by 'they' you mean us Brits, yes insofar as any of us can speak for
people who actually use either word. Not a lot of people talk about
prophesying these days. If someone's pointing out that we're all
doomed, it's usually called a prediction, not a prophecy.

[Tony Cooper]

On Sun, 13 Oct 2019 17:33:55 +0100, Katy Jennison

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by Peter T. Daniels

Post by Peter Young

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You
wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The UK version is a driving licence.

Because in BrE "Licence" is a noun and "License" is a verb.

Are they careful about prophecy and prophesy, which assign the letters
the same way but at least are pronounced differently?

If by 'they' you mean us Brits, yes insofar as any of us can speak for
people who actually use either word. Not a lot of people talk about
prophesying these days. If someone's pointing out that we're all
doomed, it's usually called a prediction, not a prophecy.

Prediction or surety? Given the leadership currently in place, doom
is imminent in both of our countries.

[Steve Hayes]

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by Peter T. Daniels
Are they careful about prophecy and prophesy, which assign the letters
the same way but at least are pronounced differently?

If by 'they' you mean us Brits, yes insofar as any of us can speak for
people who actually use either word. Not a lot of people talk about
prophesying these days. If someone's pointing out that we're all
doomed, it's usually called a prediction, not a prophecy.

I was puzzled by the title of a book I once saw in a book shop, "Advise
and consent".

It might have made sense if it were "Advice and consent", treating both
words as nouns, but making the first one a verb makes one wonder whether
the second was intended as a verb or a noun.

"Advise", like "prophesy", is pronounced as well as spelt differently
from the noun form.

But "consent", is pronounced the same, whether noun or verb, like
practice/practise, licence/license, and prophecy/prophesy.

[Katy Jennison]

Post by Steve Hayes

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by Peter T. Daniels
Are they careful about prophecy and prophesy, which assign the letters
the same way but at least are pronounced differently?

If by 'they' you mean us Brits, yes insofar as any of us can speak for
people who actually use either word. Not a lot of people talk about
prophesying these days. If someone's pointing out that we're all
doomed, it's usually called a prediction, not a prophecy.

I was puzzled by the title of a book I once saw in a book shop, "Advise
and consent".
It might have made sense if it were "Advice and consent", treating both
words as nouns, but making the first one a verb makes one wonder whether
the second was intended as a verb or a noun.
"Advise", like "prophesy", is pronounced as well as spelt differently
from the noun form.
But "consent", is pronounced the same, whether noun or verb, like
practice/practise, licence/license, and prophecy/prophesy.

Wait a sec: prophecy and prophesy aren't pronounced the same. Or are
they, for you? If so, I'm very surprised.

[Follow-up to aue only]

[Athel Cornish-Bowden]

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by Steve Hayes

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by Peter T. Daniels
Are they careful about prophecy and prophesy, which assign the letters
the same way but at least are pronounced differently?

If by 'they' you mean us Brits, yes insofar as any of us can speak for
people who actually use either word. Not a lot of people talk about
prophesying these days. If someone's pointing out that we're all
doomed, it's usually called a prediction, not a prophecy.

I was puzzled by the title of a book I once saw in a book shop, "Advise
and consent".
It might have made sense if it were "Advice and consent", treating both
words as nouns, but making the first one a verb makes one wonder whether
the second was intended as a verb or a noun.
"Advise", like "prophesy", is pronounced as well as spelt differently
from the noun form.
But "consent", is pronounced the same, whether noun or verb, like
practice/practise, licence/license, and prophecy/prophesy.

Wait a sec: prophecy and prophesy aren't pronounced the same. Or are
they, for you? If so, I'm very surprised.

They're quite different for me.

Post by Katy Jennison
[Follow-up to aue only]

[Peter T. Daniels]

Post by Steve Hayes

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by Peter T. Daniels
Are they careful about prophecy and prophesy, which assign the letters
the same way but at least are pronounced differently?

If by 'they' you mean us Brits, yes insofar as any of us can speak for
people who actually use either word. Not a lot of people talk about
prophesying these days. If someone's pointing out that we're all
doomed, it's usually called a prediction, not a prophecy.

I was puzzled by the title of a book I once saw in a book shop, "Advise
and consent".
It might have made sense if it were "Advice and consent", treating both
words as nouns, but making the first one a verb makes one wonder whether
the second was intended as a verb or a noun.
"Advise", like "prophesy", is pronounced as well as spelt differently
from the noun form.
But "consent", is pronounced the same, whether noun or verb, like
practice/practise, licence/license, and prophecy/prophesy.

It's from the US Constitution:

Article II, Section 2, Clause 2:

"[The President] shall have Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of
the Senate, to make Treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present
concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of
the Senate, shall appoint Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls,
Judges of the supreme Court, and all other Officers of the United States,
whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall
be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of
such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in
the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments."

What the Senate does is advise on and consent to presidential appointments.

It is a _very_ well known and celebrated novel of political intrigue and
became a pretty good movie not long after it was published.

[RH Draney]

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving.
You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The UK version is a driving licence.

Brits license the act; Yanks the agent....r

[Quinn C]

Post by RH Draney

Post by Katy Jennison

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving.
You wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

The UK version is a driving licence.

Brits license the act; Yanks the agent....r

In Quebec, it depends on the language: Permis de conduire/Driver's
licence.

[Paul Carmichael]

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving.

Neither. It's "driving licence". :-)

[Steve Hayes]

Post by j***@gmail.com
Driving license would make sense, since it's a license for driving. You
wouldn't buy a hunter license would you?

Mine is called a "Driving Licence".