There is often confusion over the words 'advice' and 'advise'.
Advice
The word advice is a noun
meaning a 'suggestion for a beneficial course of action'. (It rhymes with mice.)
Examples:
 Take my
advice. I don't use it anyway. 
He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give
it.
Many receive advice,
but only the wise profit from it.
Advise
The word advise is a verb meaning 'to give advice'. (It rhymes
with prize.) To advise can also mean to notify (e.g., I advised him I was
leaving.)
Examples:
I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do
it.
The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the
compliment.
Attach yourself to those who advise you rather than praise
you.
Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise
them.
Select the correct version:
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A LITTLE TRICK TO SPOT 'ADVICE'
Try using the word 'assistance' instead of 'advice'. If the sentence still makes sense, then
'advice' is almost certainly correct.
(This trick works because 'advice' is a noun, just like the word 'assistance'.)
 I offered
my advice.
I offered
my assistance.
A LITTLE TRICK TO SPOT 'ADVISE'
Try using the verb 'to assist' (in its various forms; e.g., assisting,
assisted, assists) instead of 'advise'. If the sentence still makes sense, then
'advise' is almost certainly correct. However, if you find yourself trying to
use 'assistance', then then you should be using 'advice', because both are nouns.
(This trick works because 'to advise' is a verb, just like 'to assist'. )
Are you
trying to advise me?
Are you
trying to assist me?
I do not
need your advise. 
I do not
need your assistance.
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Common grammar errors
