Alexander Koryagin:   
      
   AK>>> However "advice" can be countable if we say it in this   
   AK>>> way (taken from a novel by J. Priestly "An Inspector   
   AK>>> calls"):   
   AK>>>   
   AK>>>           He gave him a little good advice.   
   AK>>>   
   AS>> No, it cannot, and is neither in your example, nor in:   
   AS>>   
   AS>>   a.  Give me a little water and   
   AS>>   b.  Give me a little time   
   AS>>   
   AS>> because "a little" with an uncountable noun means a   
   AS>> small quantity of.   
   AK> What about J. Priestly?   
      
   He wrote it right.   
      
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