Glossary of Usage lesson: advice and advise
Remember when we talked about words that sound similar but mean different things? This is the most common error that occurs in writing. Spell check will not help you, so it's important that you become aware of some of the more commonly confused or otherwise problematic words and phrases.
Advice is a noun that means "opinion" or "suggestion"; advise is a verb that means "to counsel or to offer advice."
We discussed how Friday's workshop went. As we discovered, the Writing Center closes at 2:00 on Friday. This may pose a problem for some of you. Let's try to come up with a solution so that you can still have it as a workshop time, but perhaps another day? I'm open to your ideas and suggestions before making a final decision.
We reviewed the parts of speech categories and went over more of the verb exercises from Chapter 3.
FOR WEDNESDAY: Write THREE sentences using the word advice properly and write THREE more using the word advise properly. This can be typed or handwritten.
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