I wrote:   
      
   AK>>>> However "advice" can be countable if we say it in   
   AK>>>> this way (taken from a novel by J. Priestly "An   
   AK>>>> Inspector 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?   
   AS> He wrote it right.   
      
   To explain -- I believe my example analogous to Priestly's   
   sentence, i.e.:   
      
          He gave him a little quantity of good advice.   
      
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