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Armsys Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Advice vs. Advise

Of course, advise is a verb. Nonetheless, I often read "you advice..." instead of "you advise..." Which one is more correct?

Armstrong
  

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I guess "you advise" is the correct form since you can find "to advise" and can't find "to advice" in the dictionary, as a matter of fact "advice" is only a noun.

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  • I guess "you advise" is the correct form since you can find "to advise" and can't find "to advice" in the dictionary, as a matter of fact "advice" is only a noun.
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I guess "you advise" is the correct form since you can find "to advise" and can't find "to advice" in the dictionary, as a matter of fact "advice" is only a noun.
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advice is the noun, and the verb is to advise.
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I agree with you 100%. However, googling around, you will find "I advice you..." is more common. Try: http://www.google.com.hk/search?hl=en&q=%22I+advice+you%22&meta=lr%
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Armsys
I agree with you 100%. However, googling around, you will find "I advice you..." is more common. Try:

That's why I raised the question.

Armstrong

"I advise you" has 2,170,000 usages

"I advice you" has
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May I know how and where you acquire these interesting statistics?

Armstrong
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Armsys
May I know how and where you acquire these interesting statistics?

Armstrong

Use Google, Yahoo... and restrict your questions so that you are sure that what you get is relevant. To practice this try something that you know is correct and place it in a structure (verb as a verb, noun as a noun...) and search around to find i
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Hi Aperisic,

Thanks for your amazing revelation of the power of Google, Yahoo,...etc.

Armstrong
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Armsys
Hi Aperisic,

Thanks for your amazing revelation of the power of Google, Yahoo,...etc.

Armstrong

Don't forget to add quotes while you search a strict phrase ""!
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Any uses of 'advice you' or 'your advise' are incorrect and these incorrect uses are not found more often than the correct versions. Having said that, it is quite a common error to make.
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Nona The BritAny uses of 'advice you' or 'your advise' are incorrect and these incorrect uses are not found more often than the correct versions. Having said that, it is quite a common error to make.
... and difficult to spot.
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