Meaning & use
valuable advice
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Meaning
phraseuncountable
Guidance or suggestions that are very useful and likely to help someone.
Grammar: Used as an uncountable noun phrase; it takes a singular verb and cannot be used with 'a' or 'an'.
Patterns
- give someone valuable advice
- offer valuable advice
- valuable advice on something
- valuable advice about something
My mentor gave me valuable advice about choosing a career.
The book offers valuable advice on how to save money.
She received valuable advice from her colleagues before the interview.
Common combinations
- give valuable advice
- He gave me valuable advice about investing.
- offer valuable advice
- The teacher offered valuable advice on essay writing.
- valuable advice on
- I need valuable advice on how to improve my English.
- piece of valuable advice
- That was a piece of valuable advice that I will always remember.
Synonyms and how they differ
- useful advice
- Similar, but 'useful' focuses on practical help, while 'valuable' suggests something worth a lot, often because it is wise or important.
- helpful advice
- Often interchangeable, but 'helpful' is more about making things easier, while 'valuable' emphasizes high worth or importance.
- sound advice
- This means advice that is sensible and reliable; 'valuable' can also mean that but often implies it is especially beneficial.
Opposites
Commonly confused: valuable advice or advice / advise?
valuable advice vs advice / advise
'Advice' is a noun (uncountable), while 'advise' is a verb meaning to give advice. You say 'She gave me advice' but 'She advised me.'
Practice
Which sentence uses 'valuable advice' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Advice' is uncountable, so it cannot be used with 'a' or in the plural 'advices'. 'Some valuable advice' is correct. The others are wrong because they treat 'advice' as countable.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “valuable advice”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.