Re: Advise or advice?

Subject: Re: Advise or advice?
From: Michael Lewis <lewism -at- BRANDLE -dot- COM -dot- AU>
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 1998 17:52:33 +1100

T. Mazza wrote:

> Last time I checked, advice was a noun and advise a verb. Discipline me if I'm
> wrong (once in a while I am). How do our British friends use advice/advise?

I think this applies on both sides of the pond -- and Australian English
almost always corresponds to British: advice is a noun, advise is a
verb. Any variation has to be dismissed as a spelling error (as at
today's date; I won't predict tomorrow ...)
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