A diferença entre “Advice” e “Advise”

Em inglês, o termo Advice é um substantivo que significa “information about what could or should be done“. 

A expressão Advise é apenas um avérbio. É utilizado “to give advice“. A distinção se aplica em todos os níveis da língua inglesa.

Estas palavras nunca são intercambiáveis.

Exemplos

As palavras estão, muitas vezes, mescladas em situações semelhantes. Veja:

I was adviced strictly not to travel in the Tube train after dusk. [Daily Mirror]

Officers from the sexual offence unit and drug unit also gave advise on crime prevention. [Fiji Times]

E os escritores a seguir também usam advice advise :

Tour operators advise taking Canadian dollars, yet I am consistently receiving reports that would fly in the face of those recommendations. [Winnipeg Free Press]

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has offered a very sobering piece of advice on how regulators should go about preventing any future financial crises. [Sydney Morning Herald]

I am sure a lot of people who are far removed from the classroom will try to advise Emanuel on improving classrooms. [Chicago Tribune]

Officials say the advice has been reviewed and reissued because of increasing violence in the country. [BBC News]



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