Learn You A Homophone, For great justice |
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 Jan 4 2010, 08:41 AM
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Can't figure out the difference between "there" and "their"? Did your friends laugh at you when you argued about the right to "bare arms" rather than the right to "bear arms"? Then you should learn your damn homophones with this easy guide.
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Jan 4 2010, 03:23 PM
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Surprisingly, my English 1 Honors Teacher uses this page as a reference. O _ O
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Jan 4 2010, 03:27 PM
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I f*ck up Complement and Compliment a lot. :(
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Jan 4 2010, 03:27 PM
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QUOTE(IWontRapeYou @ Jan 4 2010, 02:27 PM)  I f*ck up Complement and Compliment a lot. :( 
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Jan 4 2010, 03:30 PM
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Sex, Blood, & RocknRoll Group: People Staff Posts: 5,305 Joined: Nov 2007 Member No: 596,480 |
Shut up and f*cking start using proper punctuation and capitalization.
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Jan 4 2010, 03:31 PM
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I'm Jc Group: Mentor Posts: 13,619 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 437,556 |
QUOTE(IWontRapeYou @ Jan 4 2010, 02:30 PM) Shut up and f*cking start using proper punctuation and capitalization. Okay, mother f*cker. At least I'm not a homophone. |
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Jan 4 2010, 04:11 PM
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I hate it when people use "loose" when they mean "lose," and "then" when they mean "than."
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Jan 4 2010, 04:34 PM
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 /人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
quite != quiet
That's the one that pisses me off the most. |
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Jan 4 2010, 09:50 PM
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QUOTE(itanium @ Jan 4 2010, 04:34 PM) quite != quiet That's the one that pisses me off the most. But they aren't homophones, are they? |
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Jan 4 2010, 09:56 PM
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/人◕‿‿◕人\ Group: Official Member Posts: 8,283 Joined: Dec 2007 Member No: 602,927 |
QUOTE(Cristy @ Jan 4 2010, 08:50 PM) But they aren't homophones, are they? Depends on where you're from, really. Here they are, but I don't have to travel far for them to be different. |
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Jan 5 2010, 05:22 AM
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 Home is where your rump rests! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 4,235 Joined: Aug 2006 Member No: 451,969 |
QUOTE(itanium @ Jan 4 2010, 01:34 PM) quite != quiet Losing. faith. in. humanity.That's the one that pisses me off the most. And keke, love the general context, but love the text at the bottom moar. Butttt, I'ma have to disagree w/ this little gem: QUOTE Lose Using bad grammar is a social stigma, which makes you lose credibility. 
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Jan 5 2010, 05:38 AM
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Jan 5 2010, 06:49 AM
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some terrible ones i've seen:
allowed / aloud armer / armor base / bass bean / been cannon / canon |
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Jan 5 2010, 03:13 PM
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QUOTE(doughnut @ Jan 5 2010, 03:49 AM) some terrible ones i've seen: beanly / beenly `amen, sista' . |
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