| The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. |
A Practical and Authoritative Guide to Contemporary English. 1996.
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3. Word Choice: New Uses, Common Confusion, and Constraints
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| § 14. advise |
| The use of advise in the sense of “inform, notify” was found acceptable by a majority of the Usage Panel in an earlier survey, but many members prefer that this usage be restricted to business correspondence and legal contexts. Thus a sentence like The suspects were advised of their rights is perfectly acceptable, but one like You’d better advise your friends that the date of the picnic has been changed may come off as pretentious. | 1 |
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