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Advice or advise?

Advice is a noun:

  • He did not accept my advice.

Advise is a verb:

  • The doctor advised her to stop work.
Joe | Wednesday, December 12th, 2007 | Filed under Vocabulary

2 Responses to “Advice or advise?”

  1. hanane says:
    15th February 2008 at 10:54 am

    Hullo sir,
    In its plural form,why we have to say pieces of advice and not simply advices.
    thanks

  2. english says:
    16th February 2008 at 7:10 am

    Hanane wrote: “Why do we have to say pieces of advice and not simply advices?”

    Advice is an uncountable noun:
    http://www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-un-countable_2.htm

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