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It's more confusing than that. A "council" can be an advice-giving body (such as the US President's National Economic Council) and "counsel" can be the advice g
by sndiciejend 10y ago
It's more confusing than that. A "council" can be an advice-giving body (such as the US President's National Economic Council) and "counsel" can be the advice given, either by your counsel (attorney) or council (advisory panel.)
President Obama received sage counsel from his council but wanted to run it by his counsel first.
- user982 10y ago> President Obama received sage counsel from his council but wanted to run it by his counsel first. ...before expending some of his capital political capital at the Capitol in the capital.
- throwanem 10y agoAnyone would be forgiven for thinking the history of the language must include a period during which novel arrangements of phonemes were the subject of a heavy tariff.
- Qwertystop 10y agoHm. Can we fit "consul" (roughly equivalent to "ambassador", but lower, I think?) in there? President Obama received sage counsel from his council but wanted to consult with his counsel before consenting to collaborate with the visiting consul. Hm. I'm not sure whether "consenting" and "collaborate" help or hurt the sentence, there.