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raethye

5 years ago

Homonym Help

Sometimes, I just really REALLY want to be a grammar beta... ‘cause some of these just throw me right out of a story...

TAUGHT > past tense of teach vs TAUT> pulled tight / tensed / concise

DAWN > the sun rises vs DON > to put something on

PAST > as in, occurred in a time other than the Present or Future vs PASSED > moved by / beyond, handed off

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writing homonyms English is hard ask a native ask a word nerd sounds like but is different typo sniper ask a writer sounds like this but means that

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