The doctor advised him to cut back on drinking. - English example sentence

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blay_paul July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 4:01:13 AM UTC

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Advised, again.

phiz July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 7:39:00 AM UTC

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just to make it clear: the c is used for the noun form in this case, whereas s is used for the verb. consequently advice, practice et c are all nouns and advise, practise, et c are all verbs. furthermore the s cant be replaced by a z, that would be quite strange :p

FeuDRenais July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 7:50:28 AM UTC

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@phiz:

I'm pretty sure CK is a native, so he doesn't need the explanation ;-)

But, since you gave it... In American English, not all "c" words are nouns (e.g. Americans don't write/say "to practise", but "to practice"). And you *can* replace 's' with a 'z' in American, again (e.g. emphasis --> to emphasize). Discussion here:

http://forum.wordreference.com/...ad.php?t=20830

phiz July 9, 2010 July 9, 2010 at 9:34:39 AM UTC

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true, but -ise/-ize verbs arent the same as the "advise" kind of verbs, as you cant say advize can you? thats why i said it would be odd to replace the s with a z. i didnt know american english used to practice though, thanks for letting me know:)