The word "exhortation" is correct and can be used in written English.
This is a noun that means a strong admonishing or encouragement to do something. For example, the teacher gave his students an exhortation to do their best on their upcoming exam.
But the then-Exeter City captain Coles suffered a particularly bad case of microblogging madness, when responding to a bit of badinage from a teenage fan ("I just thought it was a bit of banter") with a blunt exhortation to "fuck off cunt".
Unfortunately, the massive stink kicked up by Selma's selectively-informed detractors may have helped fulfil Califano's exhortation that "the movie should be ruled out this Christmas and during the ensuing awards season".
He is evangelical about urban wildlife, starting with his home city of London, in particular on his local patch at Wormwood Scrubs, embodied in his exhortation to city-dwellers all around the world to simply "look up" and see the birds.
No exhortation to get the French attack into perspective compared to Nigeria.
France, whose 500,000-strong Jewish community is one of Europe's largest, and Germany, where the post-war exhortation of "Never Again" is part of the fabric of modern society, are not alone.
In Athens Mega TV reported that relations between Berlin and Washington over Greece had become increasingly frosty – despite the exhortation from Barack Obama at the G7 for a quick solution to the European debt crisis.
And yes, the messages within are all very safe and be-nice: "Have courage and be kind" is Cinders's mission statement, which is at about the same level as "Make good choices!" as an inspirational mantra (or parental exhortation).
Kimberly Davis is following her brother's exhortation.
In their entire article they have not one policy idea, just an exhortation to "attract votes and voters".
Germans see the occasion as an exhortation to humility and moral honesty.
Mr Reagan's famous exhortation has contributed to two popular misconceptions about America's current missile-defence effort.
