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Old 01-28-2008   #181 (permalink)
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threw
through


further
farther

Technically, the second one isn't a homonym, but some of the homonyms other people have posted stretch the rules a bit too...
Nice ones Count. I think further/farther is quite acceptable given how often I see them misused; we are after all after homonym heirs (errors).

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Juan

You see....if you stretch the rubber band this way you can...


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wey

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