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How to spell "advice"

Brad on Activities - Thu, April 17 2008

I'm not quite certain, but at the top of the page there is a link that reads, "moving advise." Isn't it "advice?" Who writes these things...geeesh!

Sorry...an English major's petpeeve

Kris on Apr 17 at 02:16 PM

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I do believe it should be advice. "Advise" is a transient verb and it does mean "to give advice". Hopefully that's just a typo. :-)

Yes, I was an English major.

Monica on Apr 17 at 02:20 PM

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Yeah, I noticed that but was too lazy to login. I hate when things are not spelled correctly especially on signs. You know what else makes me crazy? Misuse of bring and take. And you see that one a lot! Also I've seen less and fewer interchanged quite a bit recently including in the paper. Drives me crazy!

Debbie on Apr 17 at 04:17 PM

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Ya, that's wrong. What's even worse was a paper my daughter brought home from school yesterday. It was a note from the 5th grade teachers. The first sentence had 2 typos!! "Advise" instead of advice AND, this really ticked me off...ARE instead of OUR. Are you serious??!?!

Brad on Apr 17 at 07:49 PM

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Monica said:
Yeah, I noticed that but was too lazy to login. I hate when things are not spelled correctly especially on signs. You know what else makes me crazy? Misuse of bring and take. And you see that one a lot! Also I've seen less and fewer interchanged quite a bit recently including in the paper. Drives me crazy!

When I was younger my petpeeves included the double negatives and simply misuse of words. (You know the types, back when there were only "fishes" if it meant more than one species of fish and only pronouncing "often" with two -ff and not -ft). However, now I break into a hysteria when I see "towards" instead of "toward" and the wrong usage of "which" and "that." Sigh...I should just go back to my science books. They won't disappoint me.

Sarah on Apr 17 at 07:54 PM

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Yeah, I am a copywriter and things like that make me cringe. However, I'll admit I make spelling mistakes now and then. But that's why I have people edit my work.

Mama Muttblood^..^ on Apr 17 at 08:00 PM

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Don't even get me started about commas and apostrophes.

Connie on Apr 17 at 08:02 PM

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Sarah said:
Yeah, I am a copywriter and things like that make me cringe. However, I'll admit I make spelling mistakes now and then. But that's why I have people edit my work.

Bless you. I always have someone edit my articles. Also, as someone in the newspaper industry, I have to tell you that there is something about making something final that makes typos really stand out. I've had three people read a headline, and then I see the paper off the press and a typo in the headline jumps out at me and everyone else, when it didn't in the proofing stages. That said, on websites, if someone tells me we have a typo, I fix it as soon as possible.

Ojo on Apr 17 at 09:40 PM

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Connie said:
Bless you. I always have someone edit my articles. Also, as someone in the newspaper industry, I have to tell you that there is something about making something final that makes typos really stand out. I've had three people read a headline, and then I see the paper off the press and a typo in the headline jumps out at me and everyone else, when it didn't in the proofing stages. That said, on websites, if someone tells me we have a typo, I fix it as soon as possible.

Daddy is the same way. He was a sports editor for a newspaper and loves to point out errors in papers. It is his pet peeve too.

Joann on Apr 18 at 06:40 AM

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Okay....my pet peeve is the misuse of "then" and "than"....anyone else?

CatHerder on Apr 18 at 07:54 AM

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Joann said:
Okay....my pet peeve is the misuse of "then" and "than"....anyone else?

Your and you're. Their and they're and there. The list could go on...

Mama Muttblood^..^ on Apr 18 at 08:07 AM

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Lie and lay.

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