Juan Jose
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"Good advice" or "A good advice" On Duolingo, I saw this sentence for translate to English: "Ese es un buen consejo". I wrote: "That is a good advice". But that is incorrect, because the correct form is "That is good advice". Why "good advice" and not "a good advice"? Sorry for my bad English.
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Because in English "advice" is uncountable, so you can't put "a" before.
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The word "advice" is an uncountable noun. Uncountable nouns do not have plural forms. They cannot be used with the articles a/an. You can use "some" before "advice": He gave me some advice. To refer to a single item of advice, you can use the expression ‘a piece of advice’: Can I give you a piece of advice?
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Advice is an uncountable noun. advice | AmE ədˈvaɪs, BrE ədˈvʌɪs | noun 1 uncountable(counsel) consejos mpl; (professional) asesoramiento m ▸ a piece of advice un consejo
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You can say "he gave me ten pieces of advice about girls" if you want to specify the number of tips. And don´t forget the 3rd person S: "That meanS": :)
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Ok. That mean I can't say "He gave me ten advices about girls", for example?
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