CHAPTER 8
Mixing up Words That Sound the Same
One of the great things about the English language is its extraordinary depth. It has so many words that there seems to be one assigned to every possible sliver of an idea; every shade or nuance of meaning is covered. The difficulty with this, however, is that many of these nuances escape us, and we mistake one word for another—we make usage errors. In the next three chapters, we’ll take a magnifying glass to pairs of words that are often confused and identify their precise meanings so that you’ll know when and how to use them correctly.
This chapter will consider words that we mix up because they sound almost the same. One little letter can make a big difference!
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