Hey reader!
This is just something that's been bugging me since, well forever.
As a disclaimer, I know that I sometimes mix up the right uses for these words. But at least I try to fix my mistakes...
There are just some authors that continuously get these uses wrong, and as a author and a college student, I feel the need to make a quick list of all of the more common misuses on this site. Because your college professor will laugh at your paper if you misuse these words.
I have seen all of these homonyms listed misused within the past month.
I'll probably have an actual chapter posted later today or tomorrow.
Sorry if I insult anyone's intelligence~
Just a Quickie: Homonyms
It makes me incredibly sad to have to make a list like this, but just so I can get it out of my system, here it is.
Homonyms include words that have the same pronunciation or the same spelling or both but are different in meaning. Studying homonyms in typical phrases in which they are used will help you to distinguish one homonym from another when you hear them. When people use the wrong homonym, it just looks bad, plain and simple.
Typically when you publish something, my dear reader, you want it to be in the best shape it could possibly be in. Especially, if the world has access to it.
It's okay to mess up sometimes (Like no more than 5 times per chapter), Lord knows my spelling is atrocious, but they're just some things that people constantly and consistently get wrong in their stories. So now with my ranting aside, here is the list of homonyms:
Their; There; They're
They're
They're is a shortened version of they are.
Their
Their is used to show possession. It is just like my, your, his, her, its, and our.
There
The word there is similar to the word here in that it represents a place.
Buy; By; Bye
Buy
Buy is used when someone is purchasing something.
By
By is used as a way of saying next to something or by the way of something.
Bye
Bye is the abbreviated form of goodbye.
To; Too; Two
To
Use to as a preposition before a noun or as an infinitive before a verb.
Too
Use too as a synonym for also or to indicate excessiveness before a verb.
Two
2
Knight; Night
Knight
Knights are those guys in the shiny armor.
Night
The night is the time of day when it's dark outside.
Eight; Ate
Eight
8
Ate
Used to say you ate food.
Here; Hear
Here
Here it is.
Hear
I hear with my ear.
Dessert; Desert
Dessert
Dessert, like ice-cream.
Desert
Desert, that really hot place with a shit ton of sand and no water.
Sun; Son
Sun
The bright ball of fire in the sky.
Son
The male offspring of a couple.
Hour; Our; Are
Hour
Hour refers to a period of sixty minutes.
Our
Our is a possessive pronoun: Our goal in life is to be free.
Are
Are is a plural verb or helping verb: The candy bars are on the table.
~Done
Hopefully I didn't misuse any of the words myself... that would be bad...
If it makes anyone feel better, I usually mix up KNOW and NOW, because, well my spelling sucks and I'm usually too lazy to double check it XD
But anyway thanks for reading!
And thanks for all of the wonderful reviews and favorites!
Have a good day/night~