The Treacherous Homophones

misuse of homophones will embarrass you.

A homophone is a word that sounds the same as another word but has a different meaning. Attorneys are very particular about how LNC reports are written. Don’t embarrass yourself by misusing these homophones. Please note that some of the word pairs aren’t pure homophones, such as lose and loose. I include them because they’re…

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Homophones – and we are not talking cell phones

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Is It “There,” “They’re,” or “Their”? The inexperienced writer often misuses words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings. Homophones are words that sound the same as another word but have a different meaning. Many homophones exist in every language to trip up the unwary. I focus in this blog on a…

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