3. Homophones which are identical in sound but different in spelling, e. g. arms alms; buy by; him hymn; – – – knight night; piece peace; rain reign; scent cent; steel – – – – and many others. These words are a very steal; write right – – common source of confusion when writing. Common examples of sets of homophones include: and to, too, two; and and and and they're their; bee be; sun son; which witch; and and and etc. (see Table 11). plain plan; key quay; sow sew, Table 11 Homonyms according to their spelling and ˗- sound forms Another classification was suggested by Professor A. I. Smirnitskiy. He added to classification one more Skeat’s criterion: grammatical meaning. He subdivided the group of perfect homonyms in classification into two types of Skeat’s homonyms: perfect which are identical in their spelling, pronunciation and their grammar form, and homoforms which
3. Homophones which are identical in sound but different in spelling, e. g. arms – alms; buy – by; him – hymn; knight – night; piece – peace; rain – reign; scent – cent; steel – steal; write – right and many others. These words are a very common source of confusion when writing. Common examples of sets of homophones include: to, too, and two; they're and their; bee and be; sun and son; which and witch; plain and plan; key and quay; sow and sew, etc. (see Table 11). Table 11 ˗- Homonyms according to their spelling and sound forms Another classification was suggested by Professor A. I. Smirnitskiy. He added to Skeat’s classification one more criterion: grammatical meaning. He subdivided the group of perfect homonyms in Skeat’s classification into two types of homonyms: perfect which are identical in their spelling, pronunciation and their grammar form, and homoforms which