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Thyme Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Advice/advices
Hello,
My dictionary indicates “advices” as a plural form of “advice”, but today I read in some article that the English don’t use plural form for “advice”. Which one is correct?
Thanks
My dictionary indicates “advices” as a plural form of “advice”, but today I read in some article that the English don’t use plural form for “advice”. Which one is correct?
Thanks
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The plural countable form has a very restricted commercial and legal use: 2. a communication, especially from a distance, containing information: Recent diplomatic advices have been ominous. 3.
- The plural countable form has a very restricted commercial and legal use: 2.
- a communication, especially from a distance, containing information: Recent diplomatic advices have been ominous.
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- an official notification, especially one pertaining to a business agreement: an overdue advice .
- Otherwise and for most of our common use of the noun, it is uncountable.
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The plural countable form has a very restricted commercial and legal use:
2. a communication, especially from a distance, containing information: Recent diplomatic advices have been ominous.
3. an official notification, especially one pertaining to a business agreement: an overdue advice.
Otherwise and for most of our common use of the noun, it
2. a communication, especially from a distance, containing information: Recent diplomatic advices have been ominous.
3. an official notification, especially one pertaining to a business agreement: an overdue advice.
Otherwise and for most of our common use of the noun, it
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