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"Advice" au "advices" – umoja au wingi kwa Kiingereza

Kwa kushangaza kidogo, "advice" katika Kiingereza ni nomino isiyohesabika (kama vile "water" au "sand"), na kama hivyo haiwezekani kuitumia katika wingi:

His advice was very helpful.
His advices were very helpful.

Kwa hiyo tunazungumzia "amount of advice", siyo "number of advices":

I didn't receive much advice.
I didn't receive many advices.

Kwa kuwa ni isiyohesabika, hatuwezi kusema "an advice". Kwa kawaida tunasema tu "advice" (bila kiambishi), au kama tunahitaji kusisitiza kwamba ni taarifa moja, tunatumia "piece of advice":

This was good advice.
This was a good piece of advice.
This was a good advice.

Mifano mingine kadhaa ya matumizi:

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Hii siyo yote! Jisajili ili kuona sehemu iliyobaki ya maandishi haya na kuwa sehemu ya jamii yetu ya wanaojifunza lugha.
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Sehemu iliyobaki ya makala hii inapatikana kwa watumiaji walioingia tu. Kwa kujisajili, utapata ufikiaji wa maktaba kubwa ya maudhui.

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