Comments on: Those Pesky Homophones http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/ Postings regarding those burning questions about grammar. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:15:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: RonF http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3707 Wed, 05 Mar 2008 22:30:38 +0000 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3707 Principal/principle discreet/discrete Principal/principle
discreet/discrete

]]> by: vijayasimha http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3456 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 20:26:51 +0000 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3456 bear/bare bogie/bogey main/mane hair/hare pare/pair fare/fair maid/made mettle/metal aid/aide sight/cite mite/might caught/cot find/fiend brake/break hold/holed laws/loss claws/clause pause/pass/paws sent/scent/cent ice/eyes not/naught sects/sex bear/bare
bogie/bogey
main/mane
hair/hare
pare/pair
fare/fair
maid/made
mettle/metal
aid/aide
sight/cite
mite/might
caught/cot
find/fiend
brake/break
hold/holed
laws/loss
claws/clause
pause/pass/paws
sent/scent/cent
ice/eyes
not/naught
sects/sex

]]> by: Cheryl Norman http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3448 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:54:05 +0000 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3448 Bravo, Punctuation Man! Bravo, Punctuation Man!

]]> by: reader http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3446 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 16:29:37 +0000 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3446 Punctuation Man announces endorsement of Serial Comma! http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/serialcomma.html Punctuation Man announces endorsement of Serial Comma!

http://www.nationalpunctuationday.com/serialcomma.html

]]> by: Leah Braemel http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3409 Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:21:55 +0000 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3409 How about 'could've' vs 'could of'? I have found 'could of' and 'should of' used in a few books and have to wonder how they got missed. Those drive me NUTS! How about ‘could’ve’ vs ‘could of’? I have found ‘could of’ and ’should of’ used in a few books and have to wonder how they got missed. Those drive me NUTS!

]]> by: Gail Tanner http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3178 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 15:15:27 +0000 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2008/02/16/those-pesky-homophones/#comment-3178 My favorite is pair/pear/pare. My favorite is pair/pear/pare.

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