Advice / advise、practice / practise、licence / license 是英文一組「拼字幾乎一樣」的名詞動詞對。對台灣考生來說，這組字最痛的是——拼字錯了，Grammar 跟 Lexical 兩科同時扣。

核心規則

| 字 | 詞性 | 發音 | 範例 | |----|------|------|------| | advice | 名詞（不可數） | /əˈdvaɪs/ (s 音) | Can I give you some advice? | | advise | 動詞 | /əˈdvaɪz/ (z 音) | I advise you to wait. |

口訣：celine 是 noun（名詞）、sophie 是 verb（動詞）——c 配名詞、s 配動詞。

為什麼是 Taiwanese 特有錯誤

兩個原因：

  1. 中文「建議」一個字當名詞當動詞都行：「我給你建議 / 我建議你...」。
  2. 台灣考生從中學階段沒被嚴格區分發音 /s/ vs /z/。

同類型名詞動詞對

| 名詞 (c) | 動詞 (s) | 範例 | |---------|----------|------| | advice | advise | Take my advice. / I advise you to revise. | | device | devise | A useful device. / We must devise a plan. | | practice | practise | Daily practice. / Practise speaking. | | licence | license | A driving licence. / The bar is licensed. | | prophecy | prophesy | An ancient prophecy. / He prophesied the storm. |

\\ practice/practise 跟 licence/license 是 BrE 規則，AmE 兩者都拼成 practice / license*。詳見 practice vs practise。

6 個 ❌ vs ✅ 對比

| ❌ Wrong | ✅ Correct | |---------|-----------| | I want to give you an advise. | I want to give you some advice. | | Can you advice me? | Can you advise me? | | His advices were helpful. | His advice was helpful. | | The doctor adviced rest. | The doctor advised rest. | | I have a good advise for you. | I have a good piece of advice for you. | | Please advice me on this matter. | Please advise me on this matter. |

還有：advice 不可數！

❌ I have many advices. ✅ I have a lot of advice / several pieces of advice.

❌ His advices were good. ✅ His advice was good. (單數動詞)

Quick Drill — 填入 advice / advise / advised

  1. Could you _____ me on which course to take?
  2. The teacher’s _____ was very helpful.
  3. I would _____ you to revise grammar daily.
  4. I need some _____ about my CV.
  5. She _____ me to apply early.
  6. Doctors _____ patients to drink more water.
  7. My father gave me good _____ before the interview.
  8. The lawyer _____ caution.
  9. His _____ saved me a lot of trouble.
  10. Can I _____ you to take a break?

Answer Key

| # | 答案 | 為什麼 | |---|------|--------| | 1 | advise | 動詞，跟在 could 後 | | 2 | advice | 名詞，主詞 | | 3 | advise | 動詞原形 | | 4 | advice | 名詞，some advice | | 5 | advised | 動詞過去式 | | 6 | advise | 動詞，現在式 | | 7 | advice | 名詞，good advice | | 8 | advised | 動詞過去式 | | 9 | advice | 名詞主詞 (his advice) | | 10 | advise | 動詞原形 |

記住這一條

寫到 advise/advice 時，先決定詞性：要當動詞 → advise (s)；要當名詞 → advice (c)。可以替換成 recommend (動詞) 或 recommendation (名詞) 反推。

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