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Get Good at Grammar: Homophones & Why They Won’t Really Help Your Writing
I’m not a word doctor, but I am really good at words and want to help you help your words. Just think of me as an unlicensed linguisticologist. Set up an appointment with my receptionist and learn how to do grammar more better.
In this installment, we take a look at homophones, what they are, and why they’re really not that important for your writing.
What the crap are homophones?
Technically, homophones are words that have the same sounds as other words but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
However, this is a boring definition, and I have talked to Webster about replacing theirs with the really cool definition I shat out below:
Homophones are words that stole their pronunciations from other words but decided to just make up their own definitions to fuck with humans.
If you’re really interested in wasting your time learning more about homophones, below are some damn examples:
Pail/Pale
A “pail” is “a bucket” (a goddam noun), whereas “pale” means “light-colored or lacking in color” (a goddam adjective)
- Pail: “To make these buffalo wings, you’ll need 2 pounds of chicken wings, 3…
