2025-03-06
6 分钟Hi, and welcome to the Espresso English podcast, where you can improve your English in just a few minutes a day.
My name is Shayna, and I'm the teacher at Espresso English.
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Let's get started with today's lesson.
What's the difference between advice and advice?
Should you use then with an A or then with an E?
Is it loose with one O or loose with two O's?
In this lesson, you'll learn 20 confusing words that even native English speakers get wrong.
Make sure to download the free lesson PDF by clicking on the link in the video description
because there's also a quiz in there,
so you can test yourself and see if you've mastered these confusing words.
We'll start with advise versus advice.
Advise is a verb, and advice is a noun.
For example, she advised me to get some rest.
She gave me some good advice.
There's also a pronunciation difference.
Advise has a Z sound, and advice has an S sound.
It's with no apostrophe, and it's with an apostrophe.
It's with an apostrophe is the short form of it is, and it's without an apostrophe is a possessive.