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Homonyms and Their Grammatical Heirs
Homonym - words which sound alike but have different meanings and which may or may not have the same spelling.
This is an interesting artifact of one difference between spoken and written language and while sometimes innocuous, homonym errors may altogether change the meaning of the communication.
Samples:
•since
•sense
•cents
The ever popular:
•weather
•whether
The Title:
•heirs
•airs
•errors
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 semantics is not always just pedantic quibbling. ~ douglas r. hofstadter |
