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Post  Owl Thu Dec 30, 2010 1:39 am

Homophone Desk Reference:
a "helpful articles" article


Welcome to the Desk Reference--by which I clearly mean, "you can look at this if you forget which word to use"!

Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings. Lots of people have trouble with them! They make for some hi-larious grammar foibles if you're not careful. Here's a list of some people mess up a lot.


    your is a second-person possessive. That is your cat.
    you're is the contraction of "you are". You're going to feed the cat.

    there is either an indication of existence or location. There is a cat. The cat is over there.
    their is either a genderless, singular third-person possessive or a plural third-person possessive. The Smiths own a cat. It is their cat.
    they're is the contraction of "they are". They're going to buy a cat.

    too has the same meaning as "also" or "an extraneous amount." Sandy is going on the trip, too. That is too many people.
    to is usually used in a statement of intent as part of an infinitive verb, or as part of a statement of destination. Sandy went on the trip to relax. She went to California.


That's all for now--I hope you were helped! cat
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