OT: 'Advise' Advice

JustineCaseyFeldown

tongue-in-cheek here, but couldn't help noticing the run of 'advise' posts this morning.   Almost three-in-a-row.








Some will pounce on pedantry.  But I think it is always better to know something than to not know something, right?
So some quick advice re using 'advise' and 'advice' (which seems to be a common internet 'thing', because >typing):

'Advise' (with a Z sound, like 'despise') is what you do;  "I would like to advise you of your rights"

'Advice' (like 'rice' or 'ice') is what you give or get;  "That is some great advice"


Bonus tip: ...for Canadians, the words would be spelled "adviuse' and 'adviuce'.


Not a big deal, I know.  Just the three in a row thing that really made i stand out.
 

chuckytheegghead

School is in session 

pgprescott

SCREW YOU TEACH!


OH, TEACHER!

SmokeyPitt

This is excellent advise. 

poster

Bonus tip: ...for Canadians, the words would be spelled "adviuse' and 'adviuce'.

Never heard that one before. Funny to see that in the centre of the page, shows our true colours.

JustineCaseyFeldown

SmokeyPitt said:

This is excellent advise. 

that is some funny shiznit right there. 
literally laughed out loud.  two points!

Killit_and_Grillit

Words are hard.

Canugghead

I should of paid more attention to the Hinglish teacher in school

Legume

spell-check! oh, wait. that won't work.

I'm going to have to think about this, you know, let it marinade for a while.

nolaegghead

"advise" = verb
"advice" = noun

Spaightlabs

Their, they're - life is to short two worry about the little things.

Carolina Q

Canugghead said:

I should of paid more attention to the Hinglish teacher in school

should HAVE paid...

HofstraJet

nolaegghead said:

"advise" = verb
"advice" = noun

Don't get technical with us, smart guy.

NPHuskerFL

Could you use it in a sentence please
I sometimes give advice to commercial clients. And many times advise to replace refrigeration in lieu of repair. 

stlcharcoal

"There & Their.
They're different."

Saw it someone's t-shirt the other day for some English dept of the university.

JustineCaseyFeldown

stlcharcoal said:

"There & Their.
They're different."

Saw it someone's t-shirt the other day for some English dept of the university.

Hear, Hear!

(or is it "Here, Here" ?)

nolaegghead

hear him, hear him!

tarheelmatt

This is Stike after posting this....

JustineCaseyFeldown

tarheelmatt said:

This is Stike after posting this....

stike is an idiot.  never liked him.

but no, this is not exactly sexy-times kinda stuff.

i frankly just thought the three posts in a row thing was pretty lucky.  they have all split up again and are more spread out.  ...just stuck out due to the lining up.

Spaightlabs

Eye agree.

fishlessman

JustineCaseyFeldown said:

tongue-in-cheek here, but couldn't help noticing the run of 'advise' posts this morning.   Almost three-in-a-row.








Some will pounce on pedantry.  But I think it is always better to know something than to not know something, right?
So some quick advice re using 'advise' and 'advice' (which seems to be a common internet 'thing', because >typing):

'Advise' (with a Z sound, like 'despise') is what you do;  "I would like to advise you of your rights"

'Advice' (like 'rice' or 'ice') is what you give or get;  "That is some great advice"


Bonus tip: ...for Canadians, the words would be spelled "adviuse' and 'adviuce'.


Not a big deal, I know.  Just the three in a row thing that really made I STAND OUT..
 

I STAND OUT =)PLEASE ADVISE

jeffwit

Just what affect are you trying to have here?;)

Spaightlabs

Their is know convenient weigh two no witch won too use.

stlcharcoal

Is it "cancelled" or "canceled"??

It doesn't look right with only one L, but that's how I see it spelled all the time. 

HofstraJet

Spaightlabs said:

Their is know convenient weigh two no witch won too use.

If you lived in NYC, the last word would have been "youse"

Spaightlabs

Won 'l' is write in US English.

stlcharcoal

I'm pretty good with affect vs. effect, but I can never keep who vs. whom straight.....I always have to revert to whichever sounds better.

Also, the whole oxford commas debate is mind boggling.  Our copywriter for all print ads hates them, but it never looks right to me without a comma before an 'and/or' if you're listing 3+ things. 

tarheelmatt

@JustineCaseyFeldown I agree, I don't care for Stike either.  

I notice these trends many times too.  At one time when smashburgers were the hot topic, there were 3-5 on the main page about them.  

fishlessman

i dont mind the miss spellings, lack of capitals, commas, misuse of words, but the new way of asking a question without a ? mark....and go wtf is that

JustineCaseyFeldown

stlcharcoal said:

Is it "cancelled" or "canceled"??

It doesn't look right with only one L, but that's how I see it spelled all the time. 

i agree.  i find a lot of crossover 'english' spelling shows up in my writing because of the stuff i read in college.  i spell 'traveling' as 'travelling', for example.  'z' showing up where 's' should be (in american english)... 

but i haven't lost my mind completely and started adding 'u' into words like color or favor. that's just crazy talk.

fwiw (nothing) i have a very loose take on this stuff.  i don't actually prefer a grammatically rigorous approach, unless we're writing some literal academic stuff.  better to have fun and get the point across than to be proper.

JustineCaseyFeldown

fishlessman said:

i dont mind the miss spellings, lack of capitals, commas, misuse of words, but the new way of asking a question without a ? mark....and go wtf is that

yer talkin about me aintcha