Kriss216:


Offence - (every other)
Offense - (US only)



Center - (American)
Centre - (British)



I’m confused with these words.

Kriss216:
Offence Offense


Center Centre


I’m confused with these words.

Ogamysamo:
english is too heavy as compared to our local dialect and such had confused many including me in several areas where a thing with a specific name in our nigerian languages will be called in two or more ways in english. sometime different and sometime similar which has to be used differently.

now here am i facing another tough time experience when going in and out of the strange but friendly mr. english

come across mr. advise and meet another mr. advice not sure if they are both correct or one is wrong
and the worst part is that i don't see any difference in their pronounciation

what is the difference that these two things here(advise&advice) have please?

Ogamysamo:
english is too heavy as compared to our local dialect and such had confused many including me in several areas where a thing with a specific name in our nigerian languages will be called in two or more ways in english. sometime different and sometime similar which has to be used differently.

now here am i facing another tough time experience when going in and out of the strange but friendly mr. english

come across mr. advise and meet another mr. advice not sure if they are both correct or one is wrong
and the worst part is that i don't see any difference in their pronounciation Pronunciation

what is the difference that these two things here(advise&advice) have please?

CalliDora1:



Advice > noun
Advise > verb.

Now "advice" is a noun because it's a name of a thing and can only be used as a thing in a sentence. Eg, I want to "give" you a piece of "advice" that is, giving a "thing"

While "advise" is a verb. a doing word therefore can only function as an action you do in a sentence. Eg I will "advise" him that is you doing it > action>verb.

Hope it clear enough.

Just like practice and practise.

You practise ( verb you doing it) for a football match

The practice ( noun , the "thing" being referred to) for football match is ongoing.

There are so many like that.

Kriss216:
Offence
Offense



Center
Centre



I’m confused with these words.

Kriss216:
Offence
Offense



Center
Centre



I’m confused with these words.

Ogamysamo:
english is too heavy as compared to our local dialect and such had confused many including me in several areas where a thing with a specific name in our nigerian languages will be called in two or more ways in english. sometime different and sometime similar which has to be used differently.

now here am i facing another tough time experience when going in and out of the strange but friendly mr. english

come across mr. advise and meet another mr. advice not sure if they are both correct or one is wrong
and the worst part is that i don't see any difference in their pronounciation

what is the difference that these two things here(advise&advice) have please?

Ogamysamo:
english is too heavy as compared to our local dialect and such had confused many including me in several areas where a thing with a specific name in our nigerian languages will be called in two or more ways in english. sometime different and sometime similar which has to be used differently.

now here am i facing another tough time experience when going in and out of the strange but friendly mr. english

come across mr. advise and meet another mr. advice not sure if they are both correct or one is wrong
and the worst part is that i don't see any difference in their pronounciation

what is the difference that these two things here(advise&advice) have please?

Kriss216:
Offence
Offense

Center
Centre



I’m confused with these words.

Kriss216:
Offence
Offense



Center
Centre



I’m confused with these words.

Petyr1:
Been
Being
Difference please

Kriss216:
Offence
Offense



Center
Centre



I’m confused with these words.

SirWarlock:
Advice - noun
Advise - verb. To give advice

Dtruthspeaker:


Like Collins4u said, the Americans wanted to separate themselves from the British whom they hated (for if you know their history, the first American settlers were British wicked criminals who were moved to the Americas because they were still a Serious threat to the British Society) so they altered or substituted many English words with one of their own making and creation, which if you examine you would see it was along their illiteracy lines (for most criminals then were illiterates) and therefore they were slangs and spellings as given by the criminals .

So offense, advice, center are simply words spelled as pronounced by illiterates or semi-literates.

VictorUSA:
the A in advice is for "apple" while the A in advise is for alcohol.

CalliDora1:



Advice > noun
Advise > verb.

Now "advice" is a noun because it's a name of a thing and can only be used as a thing in a sentence. Eg, I want to "give" you a piece of "advice" that is, giving a "thing"

While "advise" is a verb. a doing word therefore can only function as an action you do in a sentence. Eg I will "advise" him that is you doing it > action>verb.

Hope it clear enough.

Just like practice and practise.

You practise ( verb you doing it) for a football match

The practice ( noun , the "thing" being referred to) for football match is ongoing.

There are so many like that.