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August 18th 04, 02:34 PM
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On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:57:04 GMT, Gary Eickmeier wrote:
Nick J wrote: You should be advised that the use of either word is correct. No need to thank me for this advice. OK, I'll bite - is "advise" for a noun a Britishism? No it's not. I think Nick is saying "advise" is correct if "help" is being used as a verb. There was no context to clarify it as in "[I need] help and advice please" rather than "Help and advise [me] please". The OP said it was a typo so now we know :-) -- John Bean My Grandmother is over eighty and still doesn't need glasses. Drinks right out of the bottle (Henny Youngman) 
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August 18th 04, 10:27 PM
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John Bean wrote:
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:57:04 GMT, Gary Eickmeier wrote: Nick J wrote: You should be advised that the use of either word is correct. No need to thank me for this advice. OK, I'll bite - is "advise" for a noun a Britishism? No it's not. I think Nick is saying "advise" is correct if "help" is being used as a verb. There was no context to clarify it as in "[I need] help and advice please" rather than "Help and advise [me] please". The OP said it was a typo so now we know :-) exactly. 'Advice' is a noun, 'Advise' is a verb, 'Help' can be either. A symptom of my crappy day that I should probably have wrapped within pedant /pedant but I did put in a smiley :-) Nick
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August 18th 04, 10:27 PM
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John Bean wrote:
On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 12:57:04 GMT, Gary Eickmeier wrote: Nick J wrote: You should be advised that the use of either word is correct. No need to thank me for this advice. OK, I'll bite - is "advise" for a noun a Britishism? No it's not. I think Nick is saying "advise" is correct if "help" is being used as a verb. There was no context to clarify it as in "[I need] help and advice please" rather than "Help and advise [me] please". The OP said it was a typo so now we know :-) exactly. 'Advice' is a noun, 'Advise' is a verb, 'Help' can be either. A symptom of my crappy day that I should probably have wrapped within pedant /pedant but I did put in a smiley :-) Nick
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