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Be careful about the differences between '''choose ''' ([[present tense]]), '''chose ''' ([[past tense]]), '''chosen''' ([[past participle]]) and '''choice''' ([[noun]]). They are sometimes confused - and such confusion is not always corrected by the [[spellchecker]].

*'''choose''' (the present of the [[verb]]) is pronounced with a [[long '-u-'|long '-oo-']] sound to its vowel, {{IPA|tʃuːz}}.  

*The past tense '''chose''' has a vowel like 'oh', {{IPA|tʃəʊz}}, rhyming with 'shows' and 'goes'.  

*The [[past participle]] '''chosen''' is like the [[past tense]], with an '-n' added: {{IPA|tʃəʊz ən}}

*The [[noun]] '''choice''' has a different sound altogether, with a vowel that [[rhyme]]s with the one in 'voice' and a last letter that is more of an 's' than a 'z': {{IPA|tʃɔɪs}}.

::''See also ''[[choose (irregular verb]]

::::'''''Choice''' is one of the 117 mis-spellings listed as 'Common difficulties' in the section on 'Spelling' within 'Writing' in [[UEfAP]].

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