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When we can use advice instead of advise? Can somebody help me?

golnaz
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“Advice” is a noun. “Advise” is a verb.

As simple as that.

curious-proofreader
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  • Their meaning are same or different? –  May 15 '14 at 05:46
  • The same. Only difference is in the part of speech.

    Example:

    Let me give you some advice. I advise you to exercise regularly and to wake up early.

     – curious-proofreader May 15 '14 at 05:51
  • Also, generally speaking, "advice" is an uncountable noun. So we give someone "a piece of or some"advice. – M.N May 15 '14 at 07:12
  • Also "advice" is licensed by OED as a count noun (admittedly rare in most registers). – Edwin Ashworth May 15 '14 at 09:45
  • I had no idea that "advice" is licensed as a count noun. My Longman, Oxford, and Cambridge dictionaries all say that it is a non-count noun. Anyway, thanks a lot. – M.N May 15 '14 at 12:06
  • It's best to check for previous (and perhaps more accurate) answers. – Edwin Ashworth May 15 '14 at 21:06
  • So you need to go through my comment once again. I did check it in 3 different dictionaries including Oxford but all have licensed "advice" as an uncountable noun. Nothing more accurate than this. – M.N May 15 '14 at 21:23
  • You obviously don't know that the OED is not the ODO (which is what I assume you mean by 'Oxford'. Have you looked at this previous answer yet, where Barrie England has already been more accurate than 'this'? The other dictionaries you cite don't give the complete picture. – Edwin Ashworth May 15 '14 at 21:37
  • As far as I know OED stands for Oxford English Dictionary.http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/words/what-are-the-main-differences-between-the-oed-and-odo – M.N May 15 '14 at 21:43
  • To quote Barrie, "The OED records advice as a count noun, but comments that it is ‘Now chiefly Caribbean and South Asian’, although there are citations from a variety of sources from the fifteenth century onwards." The full, not condensed version. – Edwin Ashworth May 15 '14 at 21:46
  • In modern usage advice is licensed as a non-count noun and I haven't seen it being used as a count noun. So what's the point in providing OP with information which as you said is "rare in most registers"? – M.N May 15 '14 at 21:56
  • I'm not, in the first instance – I'm correcting your answer: Also "advice" is rarely used other than as an uncountable noun. Though perhaps golnaz (or some visitor) has come across the unusual count usage. It's not incorrect. – Edwin Ashworth May 15 '14 at 22:08
  • Okay. Thanks for your "advice"! – M.N May 15 '14 at 22:13