Advice vs Advise - What's the difference?
What’s the difference between Advice and Advise? The words advice and advise are often mixed up because of their closeness in spelling and meaning. It’s bad enough if you are a student making this common mistake in your writing - you’ll be surprised to know that many adults continue to use the two words incorrectly (sometimes interchangeably) in their professional emails to their bosses and clients. Yikes! Let’s get this cleared up today so you’ll know when to advise someone of the appropriate actions to take, and to thank someone for their kind advice . Advice is a noun: *The ‘c’ in Advice is pronounced like an ’s’. guidance or recommendation a formal notice pertaining to a financial transaction/business agreement (e.g., remittance advice) (note: we will focus on the first definition today.) You can give or receive advice, just as you can give or receive a recommendation or suggestion. Advice is an uncountable noun, which means you can’t have “an advice” o