or a noun meaning number of people or things arranged in a oars,” “a line” (314). Likewise, could be a property of physics or a liturgical religious ceremony. mass The meaning of homographs and homonyms must be discerned by careful examination of the context in which they appear, and are phenomena associated with since the spelling of the words is the same. however, often create reading, Homophones, confusion associated with A homophone is word that is pronounced in the writing. “a same way as another but is spelled in a different way and has a different meaning” (Webster’s 314). A set of three homophones commonly confused by writers and that I discussed earlier in this chapter, are and If someone were to write the there, their, they’re. following: have lived in house on Elm Street for many sentence there “They years”—the would sound correct if read aloud. However, in its written form, it is incorrect—because is the correct word is the possessive pronoun A Bible study there wrong word—the their. I recently read asked the question: did Saul correct word, in fain “Why repentance?”—the this case, is or is an obsolete word feign—“to Fain pretend, fake, deceive” (“Feign”). meaning or In a literature paper I wrote a few years ago, I made “gladness joy” (“Fain”). a comment that a line in a poem I was my My professor analyzing “peaked curiosity.” circled the word and wrote the comment Since the word I should peaked “wrong word.” have used is I made a It is important to note that such an error piqued, wrong word error. is a spelling error—it is the wrong word—just as wrong as using when is not went gone the appropriate word. Some common homophones include to/too/two, sight/site/cite, right/rite/write, cereal/serial, bore/boar, feat/feet, eye/I, would/wood, role/roll, and Sometimes words are not pronounced exactly the same, patients/patience, none/nun. but are similar and therefore frequently confused. This confusion is compounded by the
oars,” or a noun meaning “a number of people or things arranged in a line” (314). Likewise, mass could be a property of physics or a liturgical religious ceremony. The meaning of homographs and homonyms must be discerned by careful examination of the context in which they appear, and are phenomena associated with reading, since the spelling of the words is the same. Homophones, however, often create confusion associated with writing. A homophone is “a word that is pronounced in the same way as another but is spelled in a different way and has a different meaning” (Webster’s 314). A set of three homophones commonly confused by writers and that I discussed earlier in this chapter, are there, their, and they’re. If someone were to write the following: “They have lived in there house on Elm Street for many years”—the sentence would sound correct if read aloud. However, in its written form, it is incorrect—because there is the wrong word—the correct word is the possessive pronoun their. A Bible study I recently read asked the question: “Why did Saul fain repentance?”—the correct word, in this case, is feign—“to pretend, fake, or deceive” (“Feign”). Fain is an obsolete word meaning “gladness or joy” (“Fain”). In a literature paper I wrote a few years ago, I made a comment that a line in a poem I was analyzing “peaked my curiosity.” My professor circled the word peaked and wrote the comment “wrong word.” Since the word I should have used is piqued, I made a wrong word error. It is important to note that such an error is not a spelling error—it is the wrong word—just as wrong as using went when gone is the appropriate word. Some common homophones include to/too/two, sight/site/cite, right/rite/write, cereal/serial, bore/boar, feat/feet, eye/I, would/wood, role/roll, patients/patience, and none/nun. Sometimes words are not pronounced exactly the same, but are similar and therefore frequently confused. This confusion is compounded by the