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RunHome
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PC Parrot
Number 4 - you forgot the 'b' in petrol. |
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yurii
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| Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 12:54 pm Post subject: Re: Top 10 reasons teachers quit in the UAE |
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| D. Merit wrote: |
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| True, VS: reign - rein in - still a bit awkward in phrasing, but we get the gist. |
Having an obvious meaning doesn't excuse an English teacher misusing a common homonym.
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The words 'reign' and 'rein' are homophones, not homonyms.
Homonyms have the same spelling.
Homophones may have the same or different spellings. |
Cambridge disagrees with you D. Merit and says the exact opposite! https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/homonym
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Homonym:
a word that sounds the same or is spelled the same as another word but has a different meaning:
"No" and "know" are homonyms.
"Bow" (= bend at the waist) and "bow" (= weapon) are also homonyms.
Homophone:
a word which is pronounced the same as another word, but which has a different meaning or spelling:
The words "so" and "sew" are homophones.
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veiledsentiments
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| Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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So basically:
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| HOMONYMS are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Homophones are a type of homonym that also sound alike and have different meanings, but have different spellings. HOMOGRAPHS are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. |
So... all homophones and homographs are homonyms. So, I was right all along... LOL
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yurii
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| Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 7:47 pm Post subject: |
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| veiledsentiments wrote: |
So basically:
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| HOMONYMS are words that sound alike but have different meanings. Homophones are a type of homonym that also sound alike and have different meanings, but have different spellings. HOMOGRAPHS are words that are spelled the same but have different meanings. |
So... all homophones and homographs are homonyms. So, I was right all along... LOL
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I guess the one way to remember is that the phone suffix is naturally to do with sound, e.g. telephone, microphone, gramophone, whereas the graph suffix refers to writing (graph = to write in Greek), e.g. autograph, biography. Though I guess there are some exceptions with graph (cinematograph, photograph) |
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veiledsentiments
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Or just use homonym and cover both.  |
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yurii
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| Posted: Sun Dec 22, 2019 1:42 pm Post subject: |
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Exactly!  |
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