In japanese this can be a problem as there's a large vocabulary but few sounds.
'iruka iru ka' - is there a dolphin?
'doitsu ga doitsu ka' - which is the German?
'kaeru kaeru ga kaeru' - I can buy a pet frog
etc.
fly - (noun) A winged insect.
fly - (noun) A garment fastener on your pants.
fly - (noun) A type of ball (in baseball).
fly - (verb) To display a flag.
fly - (verb) What a plane does in the air.
fly - (verb) What a pilot does (requires a plane).
I believe the word set has the most definitions of any word in the english language.
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Die - Shuffle off the mortal coil
Die - A shaped cutting device
Die - Singular of Dice
Dye - to color something permanently
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I never knew that homonym meant both homograph and homophone (two new terms I just learned).
I think grammatical errors would center around homophones, that is words that sound the same but have different spelling (their, there, they're).
Interesting homograph - POT - meaning vessel and marijuana
Raise - to lift up or build
Raze - to burn to the ground
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Re: Homonyms and Their Grammatical Heirs
semantics is not always just pedantic quibbling. ~ douglas r. hofstadter
