Homonyms and Their Grammatical Heirs

[Turtle]

pore

pour

poor

[Michaelangelica]

  Turtle said:

Homonym -

 

Samples:

•since

•sense

 

 

The Title:

•airs

•errors

 

Depends on which part of the planet you speak The King's English The above would not be considered Homonyms in OZ

But

The place(s)

•Austria

•Australia

might be Homonyms in the USA ?:thumbs_do

[Turtle]

  Michaelangelica said:

Depends on which part of the planet you speak The King's English The above would not be considered Homonyms in OZ

But

The place(s)

•Austria

•Australia

might be Homonyms in the USA ?:thumbs_do

 

G'donya mate! All good points as they hinge on (mis)pronunciation; moreover, the reason I substituted 'heirs' for 'errors' in the title. ;)

[TheBigDog]

I had a lesson on "confused words" this week in class. There were a couple of online quizzes that I had to take. If I will try and make a similar quiz for the forums.

 

Bill

[Turtle]

  TheBigDog said:

I had a lesson on "confused words" this week in class. There were a couple of online quizzes that I had to take. If I will try and make a similar quiz for the forums.

 

Bill

 

Sweet Bill! We all must realize that proficiency relies on practice.

[Racoon]

Sight - Mt St. Helens is a sight to behold

Sight - My sight is deteriorating with age

Sight - I have him in the sight of the gun

 

Site - hypography is a great site

 

:rolleyes:

[Turtle]

  Racoon said:

Sight - Mt St. Helens is a sight to behold

Sight - My sight is deteriorating with age

Sight - I have him in the sight of the gun

 

Site - hypography is a great site

 

:rolleyes:

 

I must cite the omission of 'cite' to the above list. :cup:

[Monomer]

minute - time

minute - very small

 

son - boy

sun - the big light in the sky

 

bow - front of a ship

bow - as in bow tie

bow - with an arrow

bow - instead of a curtsy

bough - a tree branch

[Racoon]

  Turtle said:

I must cite the omission of 'cite' to the above list.

 

touchê Turtle-san..

 

Bear - We saw a Grizzly Bear!

 

Bear - The crushing weight of her insight was too much to bear.

[Turtle]

  Racoon said:

touchê Turtle-san..

 

Bear - We saw a Grizzly Bear!

 

Bear - The crushing weight of her insight was too much to bear.

 

I never know when your teasing me O Masked Mammal. If you would only bare your sole.

 

sole

soul

 

:cup:

[Racoon]

  Turtle said:

I never know when your teasing me O Masked Mammal. If you would only bare your sole.

 

:cup:

 

Hey - hey you might be right there Turtle

 

Hay - the goats and horses need fresh hay

[Turtle]

  Racoon said:

Hey - hey you might be right there Turtle

 

Hay - the goats and horses need fresh hay

 

Now I have to reach way heyh, to top that.

[Racoon]

  Turtle said:

Now I have to reach way heyh, to top that.

 

 

But - But you have reached so far already

 

Butt - yet you still have to reach your butt to scratch it

[Turtle]

  Racoon said:

But - But you have reached so far already

 

Butt - yet you still have to reach your butt to scratch it

 

Nay! I scratch an equine to make it neigh. ;) Or, hit a horse's hiny with a knicker, and it may nicker. :cup: :D

[eric l]

  Monomer said:

minute - time

minute - very small

 

 

Actually a minute of time just meant a small part of an hour, second means a second (=further) division of the same hour.

 

There are also the minutes of a meeting, meaning a short report. In practice they are rarely short or small.

[Monomer]

  eric l said:

Actually a minute of time just meant a small part of an hour, second means a second (=further) division of the same hour.

 

There are also the minutes of a meeting, meaning a short report. In practice they are rarely short or small.

 

Fair enough.

 

 

Here's some more:

 

Lets talk about how to calculate torque.

 

Formerly we conducted these meetings very formally.

 

 

  Turtle said:

pore

pour

poor

 

And paw. :phones:

[Racoon]

Poll - somebody started a new community poll

Pole - the stripper dances around a pole :phones:

 

Soul - repent to the Lord to save your soul

Sole - they make the sole of my shoes in Cambodia

 

Roll - roll of the dice

Roll - Grandma made the best wheat bread rolls

Role - know your role in the play

 

*notice a pattern to those kind? :eek_big:

 

although they are spelled the same

 

Mass - as in atomic mass

Mass - as in a religious gathering/ceremony