Comments on: Adviser or Advisor? http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/ The musings and ravings of a bloggart family Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:09:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Cynthia http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-705 Cynthia Mon, 26 Mar 2007 13:17:34 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-705 Again... a very nice variety! It reminds me that I forgot to look up if the ride at DW is Astro Orbitor or Astro Orbiter... I think I probably spelled it wrong... Again… a very nice variety! It reminds me that I forgot to look up if the ride at DW is Astro Orbitor or Astro Orbiter… I think I probably spelled it wrong…

]]> By: Dorothy http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-507 Dorothy Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:56:22 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-507 Kathy, I spend so much cybertime in the middle of the Atlantic I can't even remember which is american usage/spelling and which is english any more. Advisor looks right to me, but who knows? The language is so fluid anyway. Dorothy Kathy, I spend so much cybertime in the middle of the Atlantic I can’t even remember which is american usage/spelling and which is english any more.

Advisor looks right to me, but who knows? The language is so fluid anyway.

Dorothy

]]> By: Aunt Kate http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-499 Aunt Kate Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:08:11 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-499 So is it freezOR or freezER? Love your blogs. I vote for advisor. You ARE wise. Love you each. AK So is it freezOR or freezER?

Love your blogs. I vote for advisor. You ARE wise.

Love you each. AK

]]> By: KME http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-498 KME Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:57:03 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-498 Carl - I think Tim would agree with your conclusions. Unfortunately, he is usually asleep by the time I get around to posting my blogs so I can't run these technical grammar questions by him. Does that mean it's possible to be an adviser in some situations and an advisor (same person) in another context? The English language is fascinating!!! Carl - I think Tim would agree with your conclusions. Unfortunately, he is usually asleep by the time I get around to posting my blogs so I can’t run these technical grammar questions by him.

Does that mean it’s possible to be an adviser in some situations and an advisor (same person) in another context? The English language is fascinating!!!

]]> By: Carl http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-495 Carl Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:16:32 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-495 A quick check on Google shows 34 million instances of adviser and 84 million for advisor. Is that because everyone is wrong? Purdue University has officially recognized <b>advisor</b> as a correct spelling as you can see in this <a href="http://www.agriculture.purdue.edu/agcomm/ontarget/0502/adviser_advisor.htm" rel="nofollow">grammar tip</a> from their online newsletter. The <a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/advisor" rel="nofollow">Wikitionary entry</a> for advisor indicates the following: <blockquote><i>In the US, an adviser has a connotation of someone offering unsolicited advice, while an advisor is someone speaking with at least some amount of wisdom or authority.</i></blockquote> So I would say that the usage of advisor in the blog title was correct in this case. In practice I have found that the term advisor is generally used to describe a person in an official capacity as someone whose role is to offer advice. The word adviser generally describes someone who is simply offering advice in an un-official capacity. I hope this settles the question sufficiently for those grammarians who are sticklers about such things. Adviser Carl A quick check on Google shows 34 million instances of adviser and 84 million for advisor. Is that because everyone is wrong?

Purdue University has officially recognized advisor as a correct spelling as you can see in this grammar tip from their online newsletter.

The Wikitionary entry for advisor indicates the following:

In the US, an adviser has a connotation of someone offering unsolicited advice, while an advisor is someone speaking with at least some amount of wisdom or authority.

So I would say that the usage of advisor in the blog title was correct in this case.

In practice I have found that the term advisor is generally used to describe a person in an official capacity as someone whose role is to offer advice. The word adviser generally describes someone who is simply offering advice in an un-official capacity.

I hope this settles the question sufficiently for those grammarians who are sticklers about such things.

Adviser Carl

]]> By: Tim http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-484 Tim Tue, 27 Feb 2007 14:16:35 +0000 http://www.edgren.com/wordpress/2007/02/26/adviser-or-advisor/#comment-484 ... or perhaps we should say AT LEAST one of those statements is not true. :) … or perhaps we should say AT LEAST one of those statements is not true. :)

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