Homophones

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iuangina
iuangina Posts: 691 Member
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Come on people! To, too, two - it's not that hard to use the right one.
to - direction, limit, or contact (turn to the the right, grew to 4 feet tall, attached to the wall)
too - To a higher degree than is desirable, permissible, or possible; excessively (me too, too much food);
two - a number (2).

there - a place
their - possessive
they're - they are

This is driving me crazy!

Rant over.
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  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    Well, hello their. I'm sorry your having such a tough time with this.

    ;-)
  • Clever_Girl
    Clever_Girl Posts: 114
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    I appreciate your effort and whole heartedly agree with you. Sadly, this will be lost on most people as we have tried to burn this into brains for a loooong time. No success.
  • drog2323
    drog2323 Posts: 1,386 Member
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    Loose and Lose. my fav.

    I need to loose weight.....arggggggghhhh!!!
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
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    feel better now?
  • Tiffanydepiano
    Tiffanydepiano Posts: 169 Member
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    Bugs me too but can you tell me the difference in layed and laid or payed and paid?
    I could look it up I guess but the threads are more fun.
  • MummyOfSeven
    MummyOfSeven Posts: 314 Member
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    Lol, I'm with you on this.

    Some more that annoy the living hell out of me:

    are/our
    your/you're
    lose/loose

    Maybe I'm just pedantic?
  • ZebraHead
    ZebraHead Posts: 15,207 Member
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  • mfarwell10
    mfarwell10 Posts: 3
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    A couple things I've seen lately that I thought you might appreciate and make you laugh:

    http://theoatmeal.com/comics/misspelling

    http://www.someecards.com/usercards/viewcard/MjAxMS03MTc2N2YyNjlkOGU1Njk4

    ~MC
  • drog2323
    drog2323 Posts: 1,386 Member
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    I'll add one more....just cuz I'm in the mood.

    sore and soar. EFF that pi$$es me off too.
  • NKF92879
    NKF92879 Posts: 601 Member
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    I chalk up most of these to typos, and not re-reading before posting. I see it in my students' work all the time (I teach 7th grade math and language arts, and 7th/8th grade remedial language arts). Most people -I believe- know the difference, but just aren't taking the time to proofread. Since this is an internet forum and not published work, you're going to see a lot of this.
  • NKF92879
    NKF92879 Posts: 601 Member
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    Beating_A_Dead_Horse.gif

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! That's awesome, even though I'm a Brewers fan. :wink:
  • luv_lea
    luv_lea Posts: 1,094 Member
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    LMAO! This is why I love you ZH!
  • kwest_4_fitness
    kwest_4_fitness Posts: 819 Member
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    Not a homophone, but still a point of irritation. I cannot STAND it when people say "verse" in place of versus. Like versus is a plural version and verse is the singular. Come on, people, the word is versus and it's used as "Ali versus Foreman". It is not "verse". No, no no. :grumble:
  • MummyOfSeven
    MummyOfSeven Posts: 314 Member
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    Beating_A_Dead_Horse.gif

    Hahaha, brilliant :laugh:
  • mikethom
    mikethom Posts: 183 Member
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    Loose and Lose. my fav.

    I need to loose weight.....arggggggghhhh!!!

    Actually they aren't Homophones they are pronounced differently :smile: (see http://www.educationbug.org/a/lose-vs--loose.html) - Sorry I couldn't resist :smile:
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
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    Not homophones but:

    Regime
    Regimen
    Regiment
  • SkateboardFi
    SkateboardFi Posts: 1,322 Member
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    Beating_A_Dead_Horse.gif

    yep.
  • MummyOfSeven
    MummyOfSeven Posts: 314 Member
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    Another non-homophone, but still makes me grind my teeth.
    People around here say 'jamp' instead of 'jumped'. IT'S NOT EVEN A WORD!!!!
    :mad:
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
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    Bugs me too but can you tell me the difference in layed and laid or payed and paid?
    I could look it up I guess but the threads are more fun.

    Payed is not a word, to begin with ...
  • chocolateandvodka
    chocolateandvodka Posts: 1,856 Member
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    Dear OP.

    i totally thought this thread would be about homophobes and yet another poster had spelled a word incorrectly in the title.

    Signed,
    Thoroughly Disappointed.

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