"would you mind if I asked you for an advice"

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spunit78

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Is this sentence grammatically correct ? "would you mind if I asked you for an advice"
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Welcome to the forums, spunit:-D.

It's not correct.

'Would you mind if I asked you for [STRIKE]an[/STRIKE] advice?' would be an improvement.

Don't leave a space before a question mark.

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I actually like "some advice" better than just "advice."
Or Would you mind if I asked your advice?"
 
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