Everyone wants to improve their English communication skills and to do the same people one has to improve their pronunciation as well. As we all know, English pronunciation can be difficult. In ...

To claim you’ve never struggled to remember the difference between two or more homophones is to admit you’re too proud to ask for help. Don’t get tripped up by homophones or homographs or anything in ...

Not long ago a person self-described as “an old English teacher” generously offered to school me at Facebook on terminology, suggesting that I should research the meaning of homonym. “Lead and led ...

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'Doctor! I think I’m shrinking. I’m getting smaller!' 'Well, first you will have to calm down and learn to be a little patient.' A question from Sokhom in Cambodia: What is the difference between a ...

Hello Sokhom. Thank you for your question concerning two terms connected to pronunciation and spelling, namely homophones and homonyms. I'll start with homophones. These are words which have the same ...

Kristina Gopp's fourth-graders at O'Plaine School in Gurnee asked, “What's the difference between a homonym and a homophone and a homograph?” Is it an animal, vegetable or mineral? In the game ...

The word “synonym” shows up in print about 18 times more often than the word “homonym,” according to Google’s Ngram Viewer. It’s nearly 13 times more popular than “antonym,” even though “antonym” ...