advice
"Advice" has no plural form. Use advice for any amount, and say pieces of advice to count it.
Meaning: an opinion about what someone should do (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
advice is pronounced /ədˈvaɪs/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
advice is uncountable, so it normally has no plural. To count it, say pieces of advice. The form advices exists only in old business letters and legal English, where it meant "reports" or "notices".
Did you know?
- English treats words like advice, information and furniture as uncountable, so they have no plural. In many other languages the same words are countable.
Examples in context
- She gave me three pieces of advice.Singular: She gave me one piece of advice.
- My grandmother's pieces of advice were always practical.Singular: My grandmother's piece of advice was always practical.
