Relate the second c in council to the c in committee to help you remember that the two words are synonyms. If you know Spanish, you can also think of the s in the word consejo , which means advice , and relate it to the s in counsel. Instructions: Fill in the blanks with the correct word, either counsel or council , in the correct form.
Should I use council or counsel? Counsel and council are confusing words. They sound the same, yet they are spelled differently. The word counsel can be defined in many ways. In general, counsel is advice or instruction. However, it can also include opinion or deliberation about a matter. In law, it refers to a legal adviser or an advocate. As a verb, counsel means to advise. I should have listened to the counsel of my parents. Will the counsel for the defendant please rise?
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Practical rather than academic, this best seller is packed with real-life examples and great quotations from Homer the Greek to Homer the Simpson. It is a light-hearted, easily digestible grammar reference. Consul is sometimes a synonym for ambassador. Here is a helpful trick to remember counsel vs. If the word you are using is a verb, use counsel. Council and consul are never verbs. The picture is less clear if the word is a noun.
If the noun refers to a single person, living in another place, choose consul. For a group of people, living anywhere, choose council instead. Consul refers to a single person. Since consul and singular each contain a U, this usage should be easy to remember.
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