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Read the following ad for the fictitious “For Pause Dog Hotel”.
An exaggerated example of outrageously bad spelling,
It passed Spell Check with flying colors!
An exaggerated example of outrageously bad spelling,
It passed Spell Check with flying colors!
Homonyms: Definition and Warnings
it’s
its
fair
fare
bear
bare
here
hear
wine
whine
blew
blue
no
know
maybe
may be
meet
meat
threw
through
to
too
two
your
you’re
yore
for
four
fore
there
their
they’re
Spell Check doesn’t care if you accidentally use a ‘homonym’ – a word that sounds like what you meant but
is spelled differently.
is spelled differently.
A “sounds-like-but-spelled-wrong” word changes the meaning of your message. If you misspell a word,
but the misspelled word is in the dictionary, Spell Check will allow
you to make embarrassing mistakes.
but the misspelled word is in the dictionary, Spell Check will allow
you to make embarrassing mistakes.
Arizona Wordsmiths will make sure there are no embarrassing mistakes in your written work.
By the way, there are many more homonyms than are shown here.
