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(Hate doing this, but as it's not a typo but a common mistake that may spread) The noun is advice. Advise is a verb. (AFAIK this isn't a British/American diff
by quirkafleeg 9y ago
(Hate doing this, but as it's not a typo but a common mistake that may spread)
The noun is advice. Advise is a verb.
(AFAIK this isn't a British/American difference.)
- dang 9y agoWe detached this comment from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14355449 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14355449 and marked it off-topic.
- quirkafleeg 9y agoThis is bizarre. Informative, factual posts that are not rude or insulting are "off topic" now? It wasn't a grammar Nazi post or about a typo, advice/advise is a common and easily corrected error that should be corrected, and I did so as politely as possible. Most people would appreciate it (I know I would). All you've done by removing a single post (with multiple upvotes) from the thread is increase the chances that other people will copy/make the same mistake. Edit: in fact it's even more baffling than I first thought, you didn't even remove it, you simply moved it to a position where some people, if they get that far, will not understand what it's about.