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Advise/Advice

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(sources : Cambridge Dictionary.)


 


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It's unfortunate that I have to explain this, but clearly "advise" when used in the way it is under prefixes is incorrect. You can advise someone, but you don't give someone advise. While help can be used both as a verb and noun without a spelling change, advice / advise cannot.


Just some examples from the dictionary credited above,


"Advice /ədˈvɑɪs/ is a noun and means a suggestion about what someone should do. It is uncountable:


Let me give you some advice: stay away from Margaret.


We use the verb advise /ədˈvɑɪz/ to mean ‘to give someone advice’:


I strongly advise you to lose weight."


Maybe it's me just freaking out at the spelling, since I don't see it often, but I'd really suggest changing this.


P.S


Please capitalize the prefixes as well. The only things you don't capitalize in a prefix are conjunctions. 
 
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