Advise and advice

Advice or advise? How to know which one to use

‘Advice’ is a noun: you can give someone a ‘piece of advice’. For example, let me give you some advice about travelling in China.

‘Advise’ is a verb: He advised me to always keep my passport on me when I was in China. His advice was very useful.

Another example: She was asked to advise (verb) the government on immigration. Her advice (noun) was used to prepare the new programs.

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