Advice / Advise

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Grammar Geek

#440582 Fri, 09 Nov 07 02:57 PM

Please advise. This is fine.

Advice, please. This may be okay grammatically because it's obviously a shortened form of the idea "I seek your advice, please." But it's very curt, and I would find it a bit presumptive and rude.

You are correct that "Please advice" is incorrect. Perhaps "Please! Your advice!" could be a desperate plea.

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Anonymous

#475700 Mon, 11 Feb 08 04:12 PM

I alway say If you need any futher assistance, please advise. Is this correct?

Anonymous

Grammar Geek

#475765 Mon, 11 Feb 08 07:23 PM

Anonymous
I alway say If you need any futher assistance, please advise. Is this correct?

It's certainly understandable, but it feels like it's missing something.

Please let me know seems a better choice to me than please advise.

Grammar Geek

Anonymous

#478078 Sun, 17 Feb 08 07:45 PM

If only all the advice I receive were as valuable and clear as yours...Thanks, excellent tip !!! MC.

Anonymous

#487210 Tue, 11 Mar 08 01:15 AM

To solve all your confusion, just remember it this way:

rise vs rice

eg: Rice. therefore, please give advice.

eg 2: Rise, therefore, rise a pole.

Anonymous

Grammar Geek

#487211 Tue, 11 Mar 08 01:18 AM

Anonymous

To solve all your confusion, just remember it this way:

rise vs rice

eg: Rice. therefore, please give advice.

eg 2: Rise, therefore, rise a pole.

Can you explain what you mean? This makes no sense to me. I must be lacking in imagination.

Grammar Geek

Anonymous

#489627 Sun, 16 Mar 08 05:40 PM

Advise ('z' sound) is the verb. As in 'he advised his student...'

Advice ('s' sound) is the noun. As in 'good advice'

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Yoong Liat

#489631 Sun, 16 Mar 08 06:12 PM

If only all the advice I receive were as valuable and clear as yours.

Advice is a noun. Think of 'ice'. 'Ice' is a noun. So 'advice' is a noun.

'Advise' is a verb. The teacher often advises us to study hard.

Yoong Liat

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Anonymous

#529172 Wed, 18 Jun 08 03:34 PM

I think you would be 100% correct..I use "Please advise" all the time as a closing..The annoying thing is that Microsoft Outlook flags that as being grammatically incorrect wheras it happily accepts "Please advice"... Grr.

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