Advice vs. advise

[MarkB]

Advice is a noun (person, place, or thing)

I need some advice.


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Advise is a verb (action word)

Please advise.


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[95NSXT]

ttthanks.......... :biggrin:

 

[Yellow Rose]

More

Let's not forget......

its / it's

affect / effect

insure / ensure

and the one that absolutely amazes me..... brakes / breaks

Ok Saint, Mr. Perfecto, didn't you use "poll" in a recent thread when the correct word would've been "pole"? :frown: Well, ya got me there (their?) sonny boy. :smile:

 

[Autophile]

I elect this as the "Off-Topic Tip of the Day." :biggrin:

 

[Yellow Rose]

June Cleaver

Mark - you (or Ward) really are too hard on the (my?) beaver. :biggrin:

 

[satan_srv]

Re: June Cleaver

worst ever on the Internet has to be your vs. you're

people are horrible at that.

 

[KGP]

Re: June Cleaver

worst ever on the Internet has to be your vs. you're
.

Your right about that. :biggrin:
But then, there's There, They're and Their that is a close second.

 

[zomby woof]

knot two whirry, eye cant reed noe gud know-how.

 

[AndyH]

The most annoying one is VTEC ===> VTECH

 

[NSX-Racer]

As english is not my 1st language I really appreciate when you U.S. guys use proper spelling - otherwise I would learn the wrong words from you (and I'm still learning every day).

 

[MarkB]

As english is not my 1st language I really appreciate when you U.S. guys use proper spelling - otherwise I would learn the wrong words from you (and I'm still learning every day).

Thanks Wolfgang for another reason to use proper spelling.:smile:

 

[NSXLuvr]

The most annoying one is VTEC ===> VTECH

Have to agree on that one. I see so many Honda owners who confuse the two.

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

Armando

 

[SNDSOUL]

I too have noticed two spellings used to say too many different things. No wonder it's the hardest language to learn

 

[sjs]

I wasn't going to contribute to this, but I guess I'm weak. One that always annoys me and is very common even among well-educated people is then/than.

I don't know why it is so difficult, but apparently it is. Then is related to time or timing (such as order of occurrence) whereas than is used when making a comparison between two or more things.

 

[HKSboosted2]

Lose & Loose seem to be commonly interchanged.

 

[D'Ecosse]

centre vs. center
colour vs. colour
favour vs. favor
aluminium vs. aluminum
recognise vs. recognize
"zed" vs. "zee"

Oh, wait ....you're Americans - never mind!

Check out some of these - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html

 

[whiteNSXs]

It is "cannot." Not can not.
Steve

 

[NSX-Racer]

colour vs. colour

Where's the difference?

 

[MarkB]

I think he meant to type colour vs color

 

[NSX-Racer]

Thanks Mark, I'd prefer colour - right? (or may I throw in "couleur" because french is my 3rd language and to complete the confusion) :biggrin:

 

[Honda F1 Racing]

I notice people incorrectly using "breaks" when they are talking about "brakes" or "disk" in reference to "disc brakes" or "compact disc". From what I'm aware of, "disk" is really only used when applying it to computer related things such as "floppy disk", correct?

A common spelling error that really boggles my mind which I haven't seen on these boards but have quite often on others is spelling ridiculous as "rediculous"

The VTECH thing bugs me too. It's certainly not cordless phone technology that's in our Honda engines! :biggrin:

 

[MiamieNeSeX]

Zaino vs Zymol :biggrin:

Armando

 

[Ojas]

I notice people incorrectly using "breaks" when they are talking about "brakes" or "disk" in reference to "disc brakes" or "compact disc". From what I'm aware of, "disk" is really only used when applying it to computer related things such as "floppy disk", correct?

In engineering (electrical, not mechanical) school, I was taught that disk refers to storage media that is in protective housing and disc refers to storage media that is not. So, 3.5" floppies and hard drives are disks, while CDs, DVDs, and phonographic records are discs. Now, however, I think this "rule" does not quite paint the complete picture...

My understanding is that disc and disk were originally interchangeable; although, disc was preferred over disk by everyone except for Americans (in a way similar to the examples D’Ecosse mentioned, I assume). Then, for some reason, phonographic records were called discs, even by Americans. Then, CDs were invented and also called discs. I’m not sure if this was a result of being in the music industry (like records, which are called discs) or because the co-inventors of the CD were a European and Japanese company (would use disc over disk) or for some other reason. Whatever the reason, when the CD format was expanded to store computer data and when DVDs were introduced, "disc" naturally stuck. Search google for "disk vs. disc" for more info.

 

[the nsxnut]

were is the grammer nazi on this thread? I can not believe he has ben cilent, after we have given to many brakes for his comments. We really knead his advise. :wink: