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Why not "two advices" , but "two pieces of advice "? Is "advice" not(or un?)computable pronounce?

Originally Posted by jnllll

Why not "two advices" , but "two pieces of advice "? Is "advice" not(or un?)computable pronounce?

That's just a thing about English. Some words need to have "a piece of" in front of them. You cannot use them alone.

The only example I can think of right now is "information" but there are plenty more.

You have to say "a piece of information" not just "an information" (that's wrong).

It only applies to a few words, so you can memorize all of them.

Originally Posted by Hanna

That's just a thing about English. Some words need to have "a piece of" in front of them. You cannot use them alone.

The only example I can think of right now is "information" but there are plenty more.

You have to say "a piece of information" not just "an information" (that's wrong).

It only applies to a few words, so you can memorize all of them.

Thank you. It is interesting.

Originally Posted by jnllll

Why not "two advices" , but "two pieces of advice "? Is "advice" not(or un?)computable pronounce?

it's doesn't have plural form
I switched to "suggestions" not to slip on the advice when I speak

Originally Posted by jnllll

Why not "two advices" , but "two pieces of advice "? Is "advice" not(or un?)computable pronounce?

If you're asking if it's a countable noun, no it's not. The biggest difficulty about learning a new foreign language is, it isn't always completely mapped to the one you speak.