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Gerianne

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words that sound the same and are spelled differently
« on: May 05, 2016, 10:55:24 am »
wine                      tale
whine                    tail

beet                      seem
beat                      seam

red                        doe
read                     dough

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Re: words that sound the same and are spelled differently
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2016, 04:12:24 pm »
You're/your
To/too
Accept/except
Blew/blue
They're/their
Hair/hare
Meet/meat
See/Sea
Sun/son


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Re: words that sound the same and are spelled differently
« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2016, 09:06:07 am »
Although these aren't true homonyms, I ran into this word confusion the other day when my GF was working on the funeral services for her father that died last week.

Intern: A student learning through on-the-job experience often with little or no pay other than the educational experience.

Inter: To bury a coffin, urn, etc.

The funeral home intern helped the cemetery to inter the urn.

And that just reminded me of another: urn / earn

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Re: words that sound the same and are spelled differently
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2016, 11:31:18 am »
air     err
 to/ too / two

  some / sum

  there / their / they're

  wear/ ware / where

  war / wore

  bear / bare

  eye  / I

  bye / by / buy

 

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