ADVICE - ADVISE

“Advice” is an uncountable (mass) noun in English (like “water” or “sand”), and as such it has no plural
form:

Correct: His advice was very helpful.

Wrong: His advices were very helpful.

Therefore, we speak about the amount of advice, not the “number of advices”:

Correct: I didn’t receive much advice.

Wrong: I didn’t receive many advices.

Since it is uncountable, we cannot say “an advice”. We would usually say just “advice” (without an arti-
cle), or, if it is necessary to emphasize that we think about it as one piece of information, we use “piece
of advice”:

Correct: This was good advice.

Correct: This was a good piece of advice.
Wrong: This was a good advice.

NOTE: The Word advice meaning instruction, notification or recommendation has plural form.
EX.: The system automatically archives the payment advices it finds.

NOTE II: To ADVISE = aconselhar.

Ex.:

I advised him not to leave the house until it stopped raining.