Common Mistakes : Announcement

Announcement – noun

.BAD: On almost every page there were announcements for cigarettes and tobacco

.GOOD: On almost every page there were advertisements for cigarettes and tobacco

When you want to give people some important information, you make an announcement : Following the announcement of their marriage, they were pursued by crowds of journalists

An advertisement is an item in a newspaper, on television, etc, that tries to persuade people to buy something, apply for a job, etc: At this time of the year, the papers are full of holiday advertisements