Showing posts with label homophones. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homophones. Show all posts

Friday, September 16, 2011

I'm so Confused - Words That are Easy To Mix Up

Hi All,
There are over 250,000 words in the English language. Bet ya didn't know that!!! Click here for a link that talks about the number of words in the English language.

Since there are so many darn words, we can mix a lot of them up. Click here for About.com link that discusses confusing words!

Click here for some commonly misused, misspoken and misspelled words.

And just to confuse matters, there are other terms that describe variously missued words in English. For instance homonyms are words the same as another in sound and spelling but different in meaning.Click here for a list of homonyms!

Homophones are words pronounced the same as another but different in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not. Click here for a list of homophones!

Antonyms are words opposite in meaning to another. Click here for a list of antonyms - it is a very comprehensive list!

Synonyms are words having the same or nearly the same meaning as another. Click her for a list of synonyms. http://www.carlscorner.us.com/Synonyms/Synonymlist1.pdf

Let me confuse you even more...click on this link for a list of the 100 Most Mispronounced Words and Phrases in English. Fun stuff, eh? Okay, and now click on this link for the 100 Mos Misspelled Words in English.

To remedy all of this confusion and mispelling and mispronciating, you might want to use these next few links! Enjoy the site and have some fun with your newly found cache of sites!

Dictionary.com - a great online dictionary
Thesaurus.com - a great dictionary of synonyms and antonyms

Regards,
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