'Doctor! I think I’m shrinking. I’m getting smaller!' 'Well, first you will have to calm down and learn to be a little patient.' A question from Sokhom in Cambodia: What is the difference between a ...

Once or twice a year I have to clean out my mind's backlog of useless information, waffling opinions and totally unintelligible junk. Failing to do this makes my brain back up and overflow like a ...

Let's take a look at these three terms - homophones, homographs or homonyms - and find out their meaning because they affect us in one way or another. Read on to learn more! Homophones are words that ...

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Here’s a word I avoid: homonym. It’s not that I have a problem with this word. It’s marvelously useful. It’s even fun to say. My problem is I’m just never that confident I’m using it correctly. The ...

Homonyms are the great con artists of the English language. Words that sound alike but are spelled differently, they are perfect impostors over the phone. Even stellar spellers are played the fool by ...