As in, "Can a bird soar if its wings are sore?"
A visual exploration of words that look the same, sound the same, or are otherwise easily confused. Updated weakly through 2016, now only occasionally. The book version "Homophones Visualized" is available wherever books are sold. Thanks for checking in!
Showing posts with label foot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label foot. Show all posts
Sunday, October 25, 2015
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Sunday, October 13, 2013
Feat & Feet
ea – (n.) An achievement that requires great skill or strength.
ee – (plural n.) Those standy-walky things on the ends of your legs. Or units of measure equivalent to twelve inches.
ee – (plural n.) Those standy-walky things on the ends of your legs. Or units of measure equivalent to twelve inches.
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Toe & Tow, Toad & Towed
Two barrels of homophonic grace, aimed straight at your face.
Tonight we take on Tow and Towed. It seemed like a copout to use the tow truck two weeks in a row, so I'm letting you have 'em both tonight. BLAM!
Tonight we take on Tow and Towed. It seemed like a copout to use the tow truck two weeks in a row, so I'm letting you have 'em both tonight. BLAM!
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Heal & Heel
With an A – to repair or restore.
With an E – the rear part of the foot.
"Spelling errors are my Achilles' heal."
With an E – the rear part of the foot.
"Spelling errors are my Achilles' heal."
Sunday, June 26, 2011
Loose & Lose
The words this week aren't homophones. But I felt compelled to include them because as I find writers absentmindedly interchanging them, it's become my second-biggest grammatical pet peeve*. These two words are completely different – they have different spellings, different pronunciations, and different meanings. They're simply not related. But what does that matter to the careless writer? They both pass spell-check, don't they?
* In case you're wondering, "must of" is #1.
* In case you're wondering, "must of" is #1.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Sole & Soul
On the left, homonyms: sole, sole, and sole – the bottom of a foot or shoe, the fish, and the last remaining item.
On the right, their homophone: soul – something/someone's inner spirit or essence.
On the right, their homophone: soul – something/someone's inner spirit or essence.
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