Wednesday, 21 March 2012

Homophone

Homophone
Oxford Definition
noun

·                     each of two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling (e.g. new and knew).
·                      each of a set of symbols denoting the same sound or group of sounds.

Grammar - Two (or more) words which sound the same but which are written differently. For example: meet/meat/mete right/write/rite

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