Juan Jose
Professional Teacher
"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.
Dec 19, 2018 5:21 PM
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Because in English "advice" is uncountable, so you can't put "a" before.
December 19, 2018
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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?
December 19, 2018
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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
December 19, 2018
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": :)
December 21, 2018
Ok. That mean I can't say "He gave me ten advices about girls", for example?
December 19, 2018
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