English in 5 minutes! - Advise or advice - Know the difference! It's important! “Advice” is a noun. It is a thing or idea. It is not a verb. It is not an action. “Advice” means a suggestion about what someone should do. “Advice” is an uncountable noun. This is very important because it determines how we use it in a sentence. Examples: It is possible to make a countable sentence with the unit word “piece”: He gave me a piece of advice / He gave me 3 pieces of advice. “Advise” is a verb. A verb is an action. “Advise” is not a noun. “Advise” has 2 meanings: - Meaning 1 - “to give advice” or “to make a suggestion to someone.” The most common form is: advise someone + infinitive - Meaning 2 - “to inform somebody about something” or “to notify somebody about something” This second use is quite formal. We often see it in official announcements or in written English. This meaning has 3 possible structures: - advise someone of something - advise someone about something - advise someone that + clause Book an Italki lesson with Rachel: https://teach.italki.com/teacher/1394345