The phrase "a real tip" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when giving advice or a helpful suggestion that is genuine or practical.
Example: "If you're looking to save money on groceries, here's a real tip: plan your meals for the week and make a shopping list before you go to the store."
Alternatives: "a genuine suggestion" or "a useful piece of advice."
Here's a (real) tip about that (hypothetical) book in your hand: if the precinct cops in the story are more interesting than the criminals, then you're holding an authentic station-house procedural.
Karl Rove for once gave the Democrats a real tip rather than a bum steer when he wrote last week that if Obama wants to win, "he needs to remember he's running against John McCain for president," not Palin for vice president.
(c) The model illustrates that the measured tip shape is convolution of a real tip shape and grating profile.
She posted the receipt on her Facebook page and the story went viral, prompting Matthew Hanson, founder of the liberal news site Addictinginfo.org, to start an online campaign to raise a real tip for Jenkins.
When we were talking to [BBC2 radio host] Bob Harris he was saying there's a real tipping point coming – it only takes one or two acts to do well to create a real buzz for everyone.
It could goad the public into reading more scholarly books on the subject, and it might even push awareness of global warming to a real tipping point and beyond.
There is "a real tipping point" right now around questioning how people are supported but also in terms of challenging the abuse and isolation so many face in wider society, Hurst-Brown concludes.
It could goad the public into reading more scholarly books on the subject, and it might even push awareness of global warming to a real tipping point — and beyond.
This should be a real tip-off for ordinary voters not to trust most economists.
We see a real tipping point here.
"We're at a real tipping point right now.
