don't recommend advice instead of advise

[David]

When I type the correct sentence "Please advise.", Word underlines "advise"
with green and recommends "advice". Since advise is a verb and advice is
NOT, this would change a complete sentence into a nonsensical phrase: "Please
advice." This should be corrected.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Ah, but "Advice, please," would be a correct sentence. <g> Anyone who has to
depend on Word's grammar checker for advice (or advise) is not well served;
most of us don't bother with it.

When I type the correct sentence "Please advise.", Word underlines "advise"
with green and recommends "advice". Since advise is a verb and advice is
NOT, this would change a complete sentence into a nonsensical phrase: "Please
advice." This should be corrected.

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[David]

"Advice, please", while it's meaning is clear, is not, technically, a
complete sentence. There is no verb. No verb, no sentence--it's just a
phrase.

My point is that it's giving bad advice, which some people DO take,
especially if their grasp of written English is somewhat tenuous. I have a
peer, born in the Philippines, who is extremely good at what she does, but
regularly sends emails asking "Please advice". My guess is that Microsoft is
as much to blame as her language skills. If she ever used "advise", Word
would advise her not to. A tool like this should not give clearly incorrect
advice on such a simple matter.