I often reiterate on this blog that even the best of English scholars can make mistakes once in a while, the difference and what sets them apart is constant practice.Also, reading overtime makes one somewhat seem like a pro when it comes to mastering the English Language. There is no magic to it. I cannot get tired of teaching homonyms on the blog and offline, reason being that they can cause so much embarrassment in our writings when we interchange words that are not meant to be used for the other.
I get messages like 'who English help' a lot. Until English stops being our lingua Franca,then it needs to be mastered. Below are some words for today, there are hundreds of words that sound alike but are not spelt the same way.
As
Has
Arm
Harm
Am
Bear
Beer
Boy
Bouy
Creek
Creak
Doll
Dull
Faith
Fate (Faith and Fate actually have different pronunciations, yet we mistake one for the other often)
Full
Fool
Court
Cut
Caught
Hut
Hurt
Hot
Kurt
By
Bye
Buy
Cause
Course
Feel
Fill
Waste
Waist
Weight
Wait
Whether
Weather
Rain
Reign
Mourning
Morning
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