{"id":496,"date":"2025-03-19T12:52:39","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/?post_type=front-matter&#038;p=496"},"modified":"2025-03-19T13:07:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T17:07:33","slug":"practise","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/learnpressbooksnewton\/front-matter\/practise\/","title":{"raw":"Practise","rendered":"Practise"},"content":{"raw":"<span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u201cMy fingers,\u201d said Elizabeth, \u201cdo not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which I see so many women's do. They have not the same force or rapidity, and do not produce the same expression. But then I have always supposed it to be my own fault \u2013 because I would not take the trouble of practising.\u00a0 It is not that I do not believe my fingers as capable as any other woman's of superior execution.\u201d [footnote]Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. Chapter 31. Published in 1813. [\/footnote]\r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">A musician gets out of a cab and asks \"How do you get to Carnegie Hall?\u201d<\/em>\r\n\r\n<em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> They are told \u201cPractise, practise, practise\u201d.\u00a0 <\/em>[footnote]Old joke, original author unknown, appeared in print in 1950 in the Washington Post. Jack Benny made it famous.[\/footnote]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nYou can learn how to use Pressbooks, and use it well.\u00a0 You will be able to help other folks.\u00a0 You just need to practise, and be patient with yourself and the folks you will be helping.","rendered":"<p><span class=\"ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">\u201cMy fingers,\u201d said Elizabeth, \u201cdo not move over this instrument in the masterly manner which I see so many women&#8217;s do. They have not the same force or rapidity, and do not produce the same expression. But then I have always supposed it to be my own fault \u2013 because I would not take the trouble of practising.\u00a0 It is not that I do not believe my fingers as capable as any other woman&#8217;s of superior execution.\u201d <a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. Chapter 31. Published in 1813.\" id=\"return-footnote-496-1\" href=\"#footnote-496-1\" aria-label=\"Footnote 1\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[1]<\/sup><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">A musician gets out of a cab and asks &#8220;How do you get to Carnegie Hall?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> They are told \u201cPractise, practise, practise\u201d.\u00a0 <\/em><a class=\"footnote\" title=\"Old joke, original author unknown, appeared in print in 1950 in the Washington Post. Jack Benny made it famous.\" id=\"return-footnote-496-2\" href=\"#footnote-496-2\" aria-label=\"Footnote 2\"><sup class=\"footnote\">[2]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You can learn how to use Pressbooks, and use it well.\u00a0 You will be able to help other folks.\u00a0 You just need to practise, and be patient with yourself and the folks you will be helping.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"before-footnotes clear\" \/><div class=\"footnotes\"><ol><li id=\"footnote-496-1\">Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. Chapter 31. Published in 1813.  <a href=\"#return-footnote-496-1\" class=\"return-footnote\" aria-label=\"Return to footnote 1\">&crarr;<\/a><\/li><li id=\"footnote-496-2\">Old joke, original author unknown, appeared in print in 1950 in the Washington Post. 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