Advice and Advise

There is often confusion over the words advice and advise.

Advice
The word advice is a noun meaning a suggestion for a beneficial course of action.
(Advice rhymes with mice.)

Examples:

 Take my advice. I don't use it anyway.

 He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.
 Many receive advice, but only the wise profit from it.

Advise
The word advise is a verb meaning to give advice. (It rhymes with prize.) To advise can also
mean to notify (e.g., I advised him I was leaving.)

Examples:

 I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want
and then advise them to do it.
 The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
 Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise you.
 Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise
them.

A LITTLE TRICK TO SPOT ADVICE 

Try using the word assistance instead of advice. If the sentence still makes sense, then advice
is almost certainly correct.
(This trick works because advice is a noun, just like the word assistance.)
 I offered my advice.
 I offered my assistance.

A LITTLE TRICK TO SPOT ADVISE 

Try using the verb to assist (in its various forms, e.g., assisting, assisted, assists) instead of
advise. If the sentence still makes sense, then advise is almost certainly correct. However, if
you find yourself trying to use assistance, then you should be using advice (because both are
nouns).

(This trick works because to advise is a verb, just like to assist.)

 Are you trying to advise me?
 Are you trying to assist me?
 I do not need your advise.
 I do not need your assistance.

Select the correct version:

1
  A word to the wise isn't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice / advise.

2
  The pilot ship adviced / advised the captain to stay clear of the harbour for 12 hours.

3
  I agree. Advice / Advise is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.

4
  When a man comes to me for advice / advise, I find out the advice / advise he wants, and I
give it to him.

5
  The doctors prescribed pain relief and adviced / advised the boy to return if there was no
improvement.