Dear Sir,
It’s hard for me to accept the practice instead of practical.I still don’t understand,I’d like more explanation, thank you.
Best regards
Omario.
me too wanna know why it is not practical?
always after the “in” , the noun comes?practical is adverb
practical experience and the like right?
in practice is the correct…
but teachers , please make it more clear for me
Dear Torsten,
I can not understand why can not we use ‘practicing’ instead of ‘practice’ ? Would you please to explain it for me?
In advance thanks a lot.
Mitra
‘In practice’ is a set expression and is the opposite in meaning to another set phrase ‘in theory’.
If you wanted to use the verb ‘practise’ after ‘in’ and make it into a gerund, you could say: In practising what she told us to do, we all became better students.
Please read Alan’s answer in post #13. The set expression is ‘in practice’, which means ‘in reality’.
‘Practical’ is an adjective so would not work in this sentence.
(‘Practical’ as a noun is only used in informal English to describe a lesson or an exam in which students have to do or make things.