Advice or Advise?

Tear and desert ‘Tear’ and ‘desert’ are words that are pronounced differently to indicate their meaning. The noun tear, which is a drop of fluid from the eye, rhymes with the word dear. ‘She shed a tear when her cat died.’ But when we use ‘tear’ as a verb, meaning to rip, it's pr ...  Show more

Gonna and Gotta In informal English conversation, we often use shorter, versions of common word combinations. One of the most common is ‘gonna’ - short for ‘going to’. When we say the words ‘going to’ very quickly, they run together and sound like ‘gonna’. So ‘Are you going to wa ...  Show more

On today's show we talk about giving advice. You'll learn lot's of different ways to give advice, some idioms and the difference between "advice" and "advise". 

I'm back for round two of giving advice to On My Mind listeners. My fingers are crossed that this advice is actually good and helpful.. but that's up for you to decide. 

This is a quick grammar tip to help you avoid using noncount nouns in the wrong way. Make sure to follow my podcast for more English lessons and tips!

This week we're talking about how expert advice can not always been what it seems. Hear us talk about when to trust an expert, the blurred lines between influencers and experts and why that advice can be misleading! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices