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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Can I dispense the advice?

Can I dispense the advice?

Hi,

Does the above stand-alone sentence make sense to you? If yes, what does it mean? Thanks.
  

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It sounds quite odd to me, Angliholic. "

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It sounds quite odd to me, Angliholic. It seems to mean "Can I distribute/give out that (specific) advice to everyone?"
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Try instead:
You may want to consider this (piece of) advice.
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My first reaction when I read Angliholic's sentence was that he had possibly intended to use 'dispense with' -- which I think would be much likelier to be paired with the word 'advice'. 'Dispense with' means 'get rid of' or 'do without'.

For example, I can imagine someone saying "Can we dispense with (all) the advice?" in an irritated tone of
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