Happy Sunday! It’s time for another 5 Minute Grammar Lesson.
Here’s are two commonly mistaken words that I have to think about to get the correct one:
ADVICE or ADVISE
AdviCe is a noun. It means opinion or suggestion: My friend gave me really good advice.
AdviSe is a verb. It means to offer advice: She advised me to trust my “mom sense.”
The way I distinguish between the two is to simply pronounce the word. AdviSe sounds like it has a “z” in it. I always pronounce the two correctly, so if I simply remember that AdviSe is a hard S (z sound) and AdviCe has a soft C (sounds like s), then I can get the two words right. (An S can sound like a Z, but a C cannot.)
That may be overly complicated; alternatively, you could just memorize the rule! There are many rules in English that must simply be memorized, unfortunately.
Do you ever confuse these two words? Might this advice be helpful? Or should I find another way to advise you? 😉
And that’s your 5 Minute Grammar Lesson! Have a great day.
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Kimberly says
May 24, 2011 at 9:47 pmI love the 5 min. grammar lesson, thanks! I'll probably learn a thing or to. (j/k, two!)
Michelle says
May 25, 2011 at 3:27 amHa Ha, Kimberly!! To, too, and two. That I have not yet covered.
The Nicholsons says
May 28, 2011 at 11:38 pmHey, I knew this one 🙂 Finally I don't feel so silly 😉
Michelle says
May 29, 2011 at 4:15 pmThat's funny, Lisa! 🙂 Well, if it's any consolation to you, I didn't learn a lot of them until I started TEACHING my college classes…
Jolie Rodriguez says
September 19, 2015 at 10:13 pmI love your grammar lessons. I saw this and I believe it’s wrong “Here’s are two commonly mistaken words that I have to think about to get the correct one:”