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I consider practicing

" I consider practicing (this) sport / sports fundamental to....."
" I consider practicing ____ fundamental to....."
because you don't need it. "consider [noun, in this case a gerund] [adjective]"
Hi ibiscus,

Perhaps you mean:

I consider practising sport(s) to be fundamental to... ?
As far as I know, "to be" is included in "to consider (something to be)"...

Edit: For example "I consider gluttony the worst of all sins."
As far as I know, "to be" is included in "to consider (something to be)"...

Right, it appears he was saying he considers (practising sport(s)-something) to be fundamental.
Hi Ibiscus

There are two possible constructions here:

(1) I consider that practising sport is fundamental.........*

(2) I consider practising sport to be fundamental.........*


In (1) you omit 'that', in theory. But I wouldn't recommend it here. On the one hand, 'consider' is quite a formal word, and you keep the 'that' in more formal language. On the other, the sentence starts off confusingly without the 'that': the listener wonders what sports the speaker is considering practising...

In (2) you can omit 'to be', as others have said.

On a point of detail, in British English, the verb is to practise (with an s).
Practice as a noun has a c, though. I believe to practice is correct in AmE.

Loob

* EDIT: thanks to the next two posters for pointing out my typo. I'd love to say it was a deliberate mistake, but it wasn't. I've now changed 'practicising' to 'practising' in (1) & (2). Time to go to sleep, I think...
(1) I consider that practicising sport is fundamental.........

(2) I consider practicising sport to be fundamental.........

Is practising deliberately written practicising here???
Thanks to everyone!

My mistake was to consider "practising" as a verb rather then as a noun.

Now I know.

Ibiscus

{ Loob made a typo, of course...!}
"Practicing" with a "c" is also correct. If you're writing for a U.S. audience, it's better to use "c." In the UK I believe "s" is preferred. In Canada, both spellings are acceptable.
Thanks, paulio and tomandjerryfan, for your sharp eyes. I've now edited my earlier post to remove the mistake. These senior moments are coming closer and closer together.....

Thanks to you too, Ibiscus, for realising I'd made a typo. And just for the avoidance of doubt - "practising" is is a verbal noun (a gerund) which is why it's spelled in BrE with the 's' of the verb to practise.

All the best

Loob
"Practicing" with a "c" is also correct. If you're writing for a U.S. audience, it's better to use "c." In the UK I believe "s" is preferred. In Canada, both spellings are acceptable.

Not quite. In BE: I need to practiSe (verb) the piano, but I need to do my piano practiCe (noun).
No worries!
I consider the regular practice of this sport fundamental......

I recall having seen the singular "sport" used in BrE to refer to what we call "sports" on this side of the Big Puddle, so we can't be to sure if the original poster is referring to any particular sport or not.
I'm not sure I am clear as to what the writer is attempting to say.

Are you saying:

I believe that practicing this sport is fundamental to [building character, etc.]

or are you saying:

I believe that practicing is fundamental to building skills in this sport.
No, I used "sport" to refer to any kind of sports.

Should I use "practicing some forms of sports", then?

It depends on your audience. If you're writing for a British audience, maybe "sport" in singular is fine (wait for someone from the UK to verify). In North American English, the plural form is more commmon when referring to any kind of sport.
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