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homographs - homonyms - homophones

Homographs - Homonyms and Homophones
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Acknowledgement: Wikipedia

HOMOGRAPH - HOMO  = Same ​                            
​                              graph = writing/drawing
Homograph means 'same picture' or 'same writing'.  Homographs are written (spelled) the same.
-       The same spelling as another word or words
-       Has a different meaning or a different pronunciation.

For instance: The violinist put down her bow and made a bow to the audience. 
Bass  -  a type of fresh and salt water fish
​Bass  -  a low, deep sound, voice or tone
Live - to be alive, have life, spend one's life
Live - having life, not dead or extinct
Sow = to plant a seed
Sow = a female pig

HOMONYM - HOMO = SAME​                             
​                         nym     = name

Homonym is a word that has:
-     Sounds the same as another word or words
-     The different spelling as another word or words
-     Has a different meaning

-    For example: I can see one can of beans on the shelf. 
                      Let's write it right
- Fair
- Fare
- Die
​- Dye
- Pair
​- Pear
- Pain
​- Pane
- Birth
​- Berth
- Red
- R​ead
Click here for a list of homonyms ...

HOMOPHONE - HOME   = SAME
​                              PHONE = SAME SOUND
The 'phone' part of the word comes from the study of 'phonology' - the language's sounds.  Homophones are words that are pronounced the same.
                                                                  
Homophone is a word that has:
-      The same pronunciation  as another word or words
-      Has a different spelling or a different meaning

For instance:  She knew that she urgently needed a new car. 
                       Please ask him to sing that hymn at our wedding.
- Saw
- Soar
​- Sore
-   Too
-   Two
​-   To
- Night
​- Knight
- New
- Knew
- Due
​- Dew
- For
- Fore
​- Four
Click here for a list of homophones ...

why english is a difficult, yet funny, language ...
  • The bandage was wound around the wound.
  • The farm was used to produce produce.
  • The dump was so full, it had to refuse more refuse.
  • At the end of the meal, he decided to present the present.
  • The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
  • There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
  • They were too close to the door to close it.
  • The buck does funny things when the does are present.
  • After a number of injections, my jaw got number.
  • I shed a tear when I saw the tear in the painting.
  • ​How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
​accept - take in                        
ad - advertisement
​advice - guidance
aid - assist, assistance
​ail - to suffer poor health      
air - atmosphere
aisle - a passage
allusion - an indirect reference
altar - table in a church
ate - past tense of eat    
bail - to clear water
band - a ring, something that binds      
bare - uncovered
bases - starting points       
beat - to strike, overcome
blew - past tense of blow    
bread - baked food item
buy - purchase
except - other than     
add - join, combine
​advise - recommend 
aide - one who gives assistance 
​ale - a beverage   
heir - one who inherits property
I'll - contraction of I will
illusion - false appearance    
alter - to change
eight - the number 8
bail - release of a prisoner         ​
band - a group​
bear - large animal 
bases - four stations on a baseball field
beat - exhausted
blue - the colour
bred - produced 
by - near, through  





ere - before       
isle - island

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​bale - a large bundle
banned - prohibited ​​
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bear - support, yield    
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​basis - a basic principle    
beet - a plant with red roots


​bye - goodbye    



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    • SUBJECT and OBJECT
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  • ODDITIES
    • AFFECT vs EFFECT
    • ALLITERATION, PARALLELISM and POLYPTOTON
    • AMONG vs AMONGST
    • CLICHES
    • CONTINOUSLY vs CONTINUALLY
    • DISINTERESTED vs UNINTERESTED
    • DOUBLE NEGATIVES
    • DUE TO vs OWING TO
    • EITHER .. OR, NEITHER .. NOR
    • FARTHER vs FURTHER
    • I.E vs E.G
    • IF ... WAS vs WERE
    • IMPLY OR INFER
    • MAY and MIGHT
    • NONE WAS vs NONE WERE
    • SHALL or WILL
    • THAT vs WHICH vs WHO
    • THIS, THAT, THESE and THOSE
  • CURIOUS
    • HANDY VERSES
    • WORD SOUNDS
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  • PUNCTUATION
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    • BRACKETS - Round and Square
    • COLON and SEMI-COLON
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    • DROP, SWAP and DOUBLE
    • FUN THINGS TO DO WITH WORDS
    • PREFIXES and SUFFIXES
    • 'I' BEFORE 'E' and ''Q'' followed by "U"
    • SILENT LETTERS
    • SINGULAR to PLURAL
  • REPORT WRITING - HINTS
    • GRAMMATICAL PITFALLS