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Word Confusions
Lesson Eleven
Visible Speech
a short course
in the
fundamentals
of writing / lesson
eleven
By Joe Napora
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Sound Confusions
Most word
confusions are
due to the fact
that many words
in English that
have different
meanings sound
the same.
Sight / Cite / Site
Their / There / They’re
To / Too / Two
Where / Wear
Hear / Here
Through / Threw
Bare / Bear
Your / You’re
Sound Confusions
Its / It’s
This is most common of all word
confusions.
“Its” is similar to “his” and “hers.” We don’t
write “his” like this: “hi’s”; nor do we write
“hers” like this: “her’s.”
“It’s” means “it is.”
Sometimes “it’s” means “it has,” as in “So
long, it’s been good to know you.”
Sound Confusions
We confuse many
words because we
don’t always
pronounce words
clearly.
We say, “I used to
know better,” but we
mistakenly write it as
“We use to.”
And the same goes
for “supposed to”;
it’s not “suppose to.”
More Confusions
Some words are
spelled differently
in advertising than
they are in essay
writing.
Light / Lite
Through / Thru
Right / Rite
Though / Tho
This is the end of lesson 11, part 4