Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Criminal Sentence 635: Take My Advice

This morning, I found another reason to dislike paying bills. This instruction is on the outside of an envelope:

"Enclose the remittance advise with your payment."

Cringe.

"Advise" is a verb, as in "I advise this company to check its spelling."

"Advice" is a noun, as in "Will you give me a discount if I enclose the remittance advice instead of the remittance advise?"
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2 comments:

  1. ChildsPlayFebruary 28, 2013 at 4:03 AM

    I hate when I get emails at work describing a problem then concludes with "Please advice." Ugh!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 5, 2013 at 10:48 AM

    And do they really want you to wrap your payment around the remittance advice? That seems silly since they'd both be enclosed by the envelope.

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